[gothic-l] Balkan

[Nenad Mitovski]

        I became attracted to Gothic culture while I was trying to find out
origin of some geographic names in mountains of central Balkan peninsula...
Although there were numerous matches for "Gabar" (name of one village), that
word and similar words in Gothic language had to draw my attention since name
of that somehow hidden mountain is "German" (it is placed in north-east of
Macedonia among other larger mountains). It seems like name of that village
could have been "Gabaur" or something close to that. Name of that mountain most
likely was some old non-Germanic description of some Germanic people living
there. They could have been Saxon miners, but there are no mines. Maybe some
crusaders? Why would they get off of all roads and climb mountains?
        Is it possible that some names survived since Gothic times?

        Looking through Gothic dictionaries, I've found some very interesting
interactions with Southern-Slavic languages known to me and it could be an
interesting subject.
        What is the connection between Gothic word "slawan" with the name of
Slavs?
        Did Goths and Slavs mix?

        Are there any descriptions of details in physical appearance of Goths
and comparison with other tribes of their times?

        Is there some list of Gothic personal names?

        I am still trying to find origin of one (personal/family) name common
in central Balkan, "Scandza" :) (Sweden) and maybe some other parts of Europe:
"Velin"/"Welin"/"Wellin", which doesn't sound like it is from any of present
Balkan languages. There are more "mysterious" names, of course.

        History runs very slow and sometimes weird in hidden mountains.

        Is it possible that there are some remains of Gothic culture in
mountains of central Balkan?





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