[gothic-l] Re: Neil Acherson's Crimea

[M. Carver]

on 10/30/00 3:36 AM, Anthony.Appleyard at umist.ac.uk at
Anthony.Appleyard at umist.ac.uk wrote:

> --- In gothic-l at egroups.com, dirk at s... wrote:
>> I read Vasiliev's book on the Crimean Goths. ... Vasiliev,
>> however, argues that the Gothic language died out sometime in the
>> high middle ages (11th Century if I recall correctly ...
> 
> I seem to remember that one recorded Crimean Gothic word is {ada}
> = "egg". The `d' in it looks specifically Gothic, unless the word can
> be traced to some non-Germanic language.

There are a few posts on this subject in the Gothic-l archives. You can
search on the web page for them. I don't recall the number now.


> P.S. Who is in charge of gutiska at egroups.com? Its information page
> doesn't seem to say. Giuseppe Pagliarulo / Josef Strawarila sent its
> first message in, but is he that list's controller?


I also started that list, but might be willing to delegate responsibility.

Matþaius


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