[gothic-l] Goetar, goter, gutar. Part 2.

[bertil]

Dear listmembers,

Underneath the second part of the summary of Thorsten Anderssons article:

"In this paper, the ablaut relationship between *gautoz and *gutaniz is
analysed. According to an old but not unchallenged theory, a deeper genetic
link is involved here. This idea is supported by the fact that Gaut, which
represents the same ablaut grade as *gautoz, occurs as the name of the
primogenitor of the Goths. The analysis suggests that *gautoz and *gutaniz are
probably variant forms within Proto-Germanic. A people referred to as
*gautoz/*gutaniz, inhabiting the region in and around the southern Baltic Sea,
appear to have been the ancestors of the Scandinavian *gautoz 'Geats' and
*gutaniz 'Gotlanders' and the East Germanic tribe of the *gutaniz 'Goths*.

The question of the ethnogenesis of the Geats, Goths and Gotlanders is thus
closely related to that of the classification of the Germanic languages. In
addition, it is intimately linked to the wider issue of the ethnogenesis of the
 Germanic people, a classic question which has attracted renewed interest in
recent years. The relationship between Geats, Goths and Gotlanders and hence
between the continent and Scandinavia is of fundamental significance in
shedding light on this issue."

Gothically

Bertil


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