NE Germanic

[Steve Gustafson]

Stanley Friesen writes:

> From a different direction, the most believable derivations of the *name*
> "Goth" link it with "Gotaland" in Sweden and/or the island "Gotland".

> This suggests a northern origin for the tribe.

My further understanding is that the name of -Gdansk- in Poland represents
*gudaniska, which looks Germanic, and suggests a Gothic connection on the
south shore of the Baltic.

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