[gothic-l] Heruli, Rus

[Егоров Владимир]

Hi!

Regarding the GK's suggestion on Heruli as "men of worth" in ancient Germanic.

Excuse me for returning to my peculiarity to look for origins of the ethnonym "Rus"
among ancient Goths. Just the Heruli could be that people of seafarers and pirates
at the Black Sea mentioned in the middle of 3rd century in the context of the assault
at Pitiuntus. (BTW my apologies for an evident mistake in my previous message
where I wrote 4th century instead.) Unfortunately I cannot give a specific reference.
Can anybody (maybe GK)? In any case, the Troels' Heruli as pirates in the Rhine-mouth
in 5-6th centuries seem being very relevant.

My supposition was that "Rus" is derivative from Gothic "rau?s". Mathew gave me
an alternative to derive "Rus" from Gothic "hro?". May "hro?" correlate with
"men of worth"? If yes, doesn't this derivation support a connection between Heruli
and Scandinavia?

Vladimir


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