[gothic-l] Scandinavia and Scania No 1

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Bertil,

Isn't it quite obvious that this aujo is "ö" in Swedish, öy in Danish and oyggj in Faroese?
Is that what you intended to say? "The Scand Island" something? Interesting.

Seigmund

Bertil Häggman wrote:
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> Modern philologists have reconstructed a primitive Germanic
> form *Skathin-aujo or *Skadhin-aujo, corresponding to the
> Scadinavia of the Romans. The latter element of the word
> means 'island' or 'land on the water'.

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