[gothic-l] The Gothic Name

[Bertil Haggman]

In Chapter 1 Wolfram (1988):

"Does the root Gut/Gaut - which means "the one who pours
out" - derive from the Scandinavian river that drains the
huge Lake Vener (Wolfram obviously refers to Lake Vaenern)
into the Kattegat, or are the Goths and Gauts the "men"
or even the "stallions" in the sense of "seed spreaders?
Or are the Gauts and Goths perhaps the sons of Gaut, the
god of war, who is the leader of war bands both in Scandinavia
and Germania? Since the Gothic tradition provides evidence
for all of these interpretations, to select one and exclude
the others is arbitrary. But of greater historical importance than
etymology is the lingustic insight that the "tribal name Goths means
the same as Gauts." So why not end the fruitless quarrels
and "believe" Theoderic the Great, who derives his origins and those
of his Goths from Scandinavia."

Couldn't agree more about what Professor Wolfram is writing.

Gothically

Bertil


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