Name of the Goths

[dciurchea]

This is a nice interpretation. By using a Thracian connection (as 
reflected in today's Romanian) the significance of the name of the 
Gets is included in the expression "get-beget" which means of clear 
origin (Example: one may be "get-beget" German i.e. 100%, or both 
parents were germans and so). One must note one more very 'gothic' 
custom of Romanians, as fair descendants of Gets(Thracians): the 
preocupation for the ancestry, reflected in such words with the indo-
european root 'moshe':

moasha - old woman
mosh - old man
moshie - country of origin
moshtenire - heritage
moashte - remains (bones) of saints; today it is understood these 
are holly;

These habits were nicely routed by the christian church(both 
orthodoxian and catholic) in the cult of relics of the saints, as 
having healing and other miraculous properties. Even today in 
Romania we have huge pilgrimages (6 days and nights of queue is 
customary); I believe this aspect was important in shaping the 
religious life of the Gets (or Goths to be christianized).




--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "John Larsson" <john.larsson at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > Hi Dirk,
> >
> > Could you demonstrate a big flowing stream that explains the 
island
> > name of Gutland/Gotland or Eastern Gautland?
> 
> Good question, Ingemar,
> 
> No, the origin of must be older and point at something more 
siginificant
> than living along flowing water. For a long time I kept looking 
for some
> special behaviour, e. g. methods to move along rivers or methods 
to utilize
> seasonal floodings, but with no convincing conclusions. It seems 
like
> "giessen/gyde/gjuta" can be traced back to words meaning "juice" or
> "offering/sacrifice". To all lurking ladies: Keep on reading, I'll 
not try
> to explain the connection! ;-) Really, because I doubt such a 
connection!
> 
> Let me instead introduce you, honourable readers, to a new (at 
least, I
> think so!) possible meaning of the origin of the Goths. There 
might still be
> doubt about details, but it seems like the Black Sea area once was 
flooded
> with an enormous "flowing stream", when the Bosphorous Strait was
> established. This should have happend ca 7500 years ago. The water 
fall from
> the Mediterranian was 40-50 times the Niagara Falls for several 
months and
> an area of about 150000 sqr km was flooded, thus 5 times the area 
of the
> Netherlands. This area was lowland area, with fine agricultural 
potential,
> so it must have had a more dense population than surrounding 
areas. All
> these people, probably of many ethnic origins, fled the Black Sea 
area and
> by the peoples, which noticed (and suffered from!) their migration 
they were
> called "those who flee the Great Water Fall". Voila!
> 
> Regards
> John
>










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