[gothic-l] Names and family relation in Gothic

[Tim O'Neill]

Mike Adams wrote:
>
> I remember someone may have once had a list of Gothic
> names. Anyone have a list/info sheet on how they did
> family names? Amaling and what else?
>
> Morgoth

My fledgling webpage on Gothic names can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/2385/gothnames.html
though it is only a beginning and I hope to expand it
greatly as I gather more information.

Family names (or clan/tribe names) like Balthing and
Amaling are quite rare but may be a reference to an
ancestor.  The '-igg' ending would have been used in
Gothic and the first elements in these two examples
would have been '*Amala-' (effort?) and 'Baltha-'
(bold).
Cheers,

Tim O'Neill
Tasmanian Devil

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