[gothic-l] Re: Crimean Gothic; known Gothic other than via Wulfila

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

a number of words is supplied by Aleksandr Vasil'ev in his book the
Goths in the Crimea, but I don't know how complete that is....Dirk


--- In gothic-l at egroups.com, "Anthony Appleyard" <MCLSSAA2 at f...>
wrote:
>   From: dirk at s... wrote:-
> > Hi, I cannot speak about the linguistics, but if you read Vasilev
on the
> > Goths in the Crimea, this should lead anyone to treat the few
Crimean
> > Gothic words that there are with great suspicion. Vasilev pointed
out that
> > the notes of the Dutch ambassador are not reliable and that it is
possible
> > that the Goths that he meant were in reality either Jews who
lived
there
> > in considerable numbers and who spoke Yiddish, or Germans,
brought
there as
> > slaves from East Prussia by the Tatars. ...
>
> Where can I get a full list of all known Crimean Gothic words?
>
> I remember seeing a Crimean Gothic word `ada' = "egg": its
treatment
of Common
> Germanic "-jj-" or similar looks specifically Gothic: compare
German
{Ei}, etc.
>
> We know Gothic words from:-
> Wulfila's Bible.
> Some proper-names from Roman etc sources.
> Crimean Gothic.
> Where else do we know any Gothic words or language at all?


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