[gothic-l] Re: The Scandinavian Origin of the Goths and Other Germanic Peoples

[MCLSSAA2 at FS2.MT.UMIST.AC.UK]

  Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> The difference is that Anthony Appleyard's statement could imply 
> (or leaves open) the possibility of (Indo/Proto etc-) Germanic 
> settlement of Scandinavia (possibly from the Russian steppe via
> Karelia and Finland) at a much earlier time. ...

It would likeliest have been via Denmark. Migrating to Scandinavia via 
Finland overland would have needed going round the north of the Gulf 
of Bothnia through much land which was only fit for reindeer herding 
or forest hunting.

Entry via Denmark may have needed less crossing of water than now. At 
various times in the past since the last Ice Age ended, the Danish 
Straits were dry and the Baltic Sea was a big freshwater lake that 
drained to the North Sea by a big river running along the dry bed of 
the Storebaelt.



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