[gothic-l] Re: A Few Placenames on Got-, Goet-

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
> In Iceland there is also "Gautvík".
> Don't know why it has that name.
> Maybe people from Gautland used to go
> there. I can try to look it up. 
> 
> In Norway also Gaustad, Gautestad,
> Gautsjøen, Gautåa, Gausdal, Gausel,
> Gauslå, Gaustad and I am sure there
> are more.
> 
> Some of these names are related to the
> verb "gjósa" which means to stream forward.
> Especially some of the river names.
> This is not the same verb as gjóta btw
> Keth




Hi Keth,

In Germany we have many river names like the Gose, Gaute, Gause, 
Geese, Geete, etc.  Possibly all those river/ and placenames are 
related via a common Germanic or even indogermanic root meaning to 
pour or to stream forward. 

As for old placenames with Got-,Goet- that may in some cases may be 
related or derived from those river names, I found among many others:

Gautinga (Gauting, Bavaria)
Gotelare (Goslar, L.Sax)
Gothaha (Gotha, Thur.)
Gotewiccus (Goettwick)
Gotinga/Goddinga/Gutinga (Goettingen, L.Sax.)
Gottorpia (Gottorp, S.H.)
Gotsgaugia (Guetskow, Bran.)
Gotesecke (Goseck, Sax.)
Gotesleben (Kutzleben)
Gudiningen (Guettingen, Baden-Wuert.)

plus many
Goete-, Gote-, Gaute-, and Gutes- dorfs,- torps, -heims etc.


Overall, I think that there is some Common Germanic or even 
Indogermanic root of gaut-, got-, goet- etc., which accounts for many 
of the river names and probably some of the placenames as well.

cheers,

Dirk



 



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> 
> >Vaestergoetland
> >
> >Goetabrunnen (a spring) in Vaesterplana.
> >
> >Goetene is probably the name of a stream
> >or river passing Goetene. There is also
> >a sacrifical spring in Goetene.
> >
> >Goessaeter (probably a sacrificial
> >spring) and the village Goeteve.
> >
> >Goetala outside Skara (Old Swedish
> >*al which could be connected to
> >Gothic alhs (temple). There are
> >around 50 ancient monuments around
> >Goetala. There is also Goetala in
> >Oestergoetland.
> >
> >Denmark
> >
> >Some sources indicate that Vejle
> >river in Denmark had the name
> >*Goeta (from the older *Gaution).
> >
> >Norway
> >
> >In Norway there is Gaute with (a landslide)
> >in Hauke Valley in Sunnfjord. Also there
> >is the lake Gautsjoen.
> >
> >Gotland/Gutland
> >
> >On Gotland Gautstaede, Gautalver and Gothem
> >connected to *gaut (outflow).
> >
> >Gothically
> >
> >Bertil
> >
> >
> >
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