[gothic-l] Re: Scandinavia and the Goths

[czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> ...
> Van Bree mentions the interaction between the Goths
> and non-Germanic tribes: Indo-Europeans such as
> the Iranian Alans: the Scythians, who were related
> to the Alans; and even non-Indo-Europeans, such as the
> Finno Ugrian Estonians. The last info was new to me.
> 
> Gothically
> 
> Bertil

There was also interaction between the Goths and Slavs.
The interaction was reciprocal, but asymmetric.
The Slavs borrowed heavily from Gothic.
The Goths borrowed only a few words from Slavic (bala "white horse", 
plats "patch, piece of cloth", plinsjan "to danse").

Francisc


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