NE Germanic

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"Steve Gustafson" <stevegus at aye.net> wrote:

>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.

Or even better, *gUtaniskU (with g(U)t > gd).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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