[gothic-l] Gothic, Armenian, Georgian

[Bertil Häggman]

Esteemed listmembers,

In relation to Dr. Heyerdahl's important research on the
possible Odin origin in the Caucasus region and
the relation azeri = Aesir there is also another
interesting question related to the Caucasus
region

The Armenian-Georgian influence on Gothic
is worth further research, but Professor
Sophus Bugge has offered some hints.
The Armenian people entered history in the
first years of the 4th century AD. They were
converted by missionaries from Cappadocia
and many Armenians lived on the southern
coast of the Black Sea. During the raids
of the Goths and Eruli in 267 AD it is most
probable that Armenian prisoner were
taken. Thus the Goths early came into contact
with the Armenian language, which has its
own letters often also similar to the names
of the runes. In turn Armenian vocabulary
was influenced by Greek, Iranian, Caucasian
and Semitic languages,

Georgian is the largest Kartvelian language
and there might be similarities with Gothic.
There are links also, according to researchers,
between the names of the runes and the Georgian
alphabet letters.

Dr. Heyerdahl's new project is, considering other
Causcasus-Gothic-Nordic relations, of great value
and his detractors, with great probability, will be proven
wrong.

Gothically

Bertil



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