[gothic-l] Re: Prussians no Goths

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

As I said it is a strange theory, but I don't think that the author 
meant that the returning Goths turned themselves into Prussians, just 
that strong contacts through trade and partial migration influenced 
the Prussians or even promted their ethnogenesis. I think one needs
to 
look at the evidence that the author seems to cite, but I have not
yet 
read the article. 
Dirk


--- In gothic-l at egroups.com, Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Can only agree with Francisc. There is no
> way the returning Goths could turn into Prussians.
> This people (a Baltic people) is mentioned
> for the first time in the 10th century. They were
> christianized in the 13th century and later absorbed
> into the surrounding German population.
> 
> Gothically
> 
> Bertil
> 
> > I have heard about the Wielbark culture, which is attributed to
an 
> > East Germanic people (if I remember correctly, some authors 
attribute 
> > it rather to the Vandals, but I'm not sure).
> > The last supposition of that article seems to me a little dubious:
> > how could the Goths who returned to North Poland become the
Baltic 
> > tribe of the Prussians? The old Prussians spoke a Baltic
language, 
> > related to Latvian and Lithuanian, but with distinct features, 
which 
> > are not due to a Gothic influence. Thus, the Prussians can not be 
> > regarded as balticized descendants of the Goths (in the best
case, 
it 
> > could be assumed that the Goths who returned in North Poland were 
> > assimilated by the local Prussians).


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