[gothic-l] Re: Germanic and Lappish

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

> > If Germanic developed in Scandinavia,
> > Germanic could have taken these words from Lappish.
>
> Either way, but now we are talking about events within the last
> 3000 years "only". Now, re-read your own question against the
> background I provided above:


Hello Sig,

the following link takes you to a recent paper on the "Origin of the
Scandinavian Languages" from the linguistics department at the
University of Stockholm.

http://www.ling.su.se/staff/oesten/papers/Theorigin.pdf


Basically, the author argues that Germanic languages did not develop
on the Scandinavian peninsula at all. The author concludes that:

 "...the most probable scenario for the origin of the Scandinavian
languages: Germanic-speaking groups arrived to the western-most corner
of the Baltic (present-day Gemany and Denmark) somewhat before the
beginnign of out era. A little later they expanded eastwards as far as
Uppland on the north side and the Vistula estuary on the souht side of
the Baltic."


The article also contains some remarks about gothic, making it perhaps
relevant for others on the list as well.


cheers







>
> > How far south in
> > Norway and Sweden have archaeologists found evidence of Lappish
type
> > culture being present up to several centuries BC?
>
> Answer: From the end of the last ice age (15000 years back), from
> North Germany and north. Yup, including much of the ancient stone
> carvings!
>
> > If most of Norway
> > and Sweden were once Lappish territory, it could be that, for
once, we
> > see in Lappish a surviving descendant of one of the many
aboriginal
> > substratum languages that incoming Indo-European overrode and
replaced
> > long ago in its well-known big spread.
>
> BINGO!! Accolades.
>
> :^D)
>
>
> Sig
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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