[gothic-l] Re: Early Germanic place-names in today Poland

[george knysh]

--- Ryszard Derdzinski <galadhorn at inetia.pl> wrote:
> Dirk wrote:
>
> > I think one ineresting conclusion,
> if indeed Babik's etymologies are correct, would be
> that at least
> some Germanic people stayed in the area of modern
> Poland long after
> the Goths, Vandals etc. are supposed to have left.
> My answer:
>
> You are right, and your suggestion is supported by
> Old Norse and Old English
> sources which tell about the Goths who lived near
> Vistula river in the time
> of the Hunnic invasion (in 4th c.).  According to
"Widsith" the _Hræda here_
> had to defend their old
> land (OE _edelstol_ 'hereditary seat, habitation;
> royal city, chief city')
> against Attila's people (OE _Ætlan leodum_) near
> _Wistla wudu_ or 'forest of
> the Wistla'. The word _Wistla_ is here the
> people-name, because the
> river-name is _Wis(t)le_, not _Wis(t)la, in OE.

******GK: What does Babik have to say about the origin
of "Vistula/Visla"? And thank you for the ISBN
reference! *******

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