Gothic names

[Michael Erwin]

On Jul 19, 2006, at 12:19 PM, Michal Cigan wrote:

> Hi,
> Im interested in some aspect of gothic noble names,
> maybe someone has any idea...
>
> 1) Can we say, that endings of names of gothic nobles and leaders,  
> like -mund, -rich or -mer are thypicaly gothic? - or they are  
> rather common germanic endings of dynastical or "heroic" names...
>
> 2) And what about etymology of this endings, what do they mean?

They are common Germanic.

The most common form is Latinized "-ricus" from Gothic "reiks" or the  
other Germanic equivalents. An interesting inversion is Latinized "- 
theus" from Gothic "thius" which is found in the 370s-380s. Latinized  
"-merus" may come from Gothic "*mers" or other Germanic equivalents.




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