[gothic-l] Re: Dieupentale/(in)Diupindala

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Sahin Ahmet <ahmetsahinn at y...> wrote:
>
>  interesting, is there a clear cut selection of endings as to the
tribes?
>
> In fact the '-ingen' endings extent far beyond Alamannic areas, but
> assumed some significance in distinguishing supposedly Alamannic '-
> ingen' settlements from Frankish '-heim' settlements. But as I said
> there are many '-ingen' placenames in North Germany. My hometown is
> called Wittingen (North Germany/Lower Saxony) and is first recorded
> in 783AD as 'Witinge', while old 'gau' (area) names in this region
> are 'Doringo', 'Bardingo' etc.
>
>

Hi Sahin,

my examples were intended to show that there was likely not a clear-
cut distinction between tribes, but perhaps between Germanic
dialects, i.e. West- and East- Germanic. But I know not enough about
that and it is only a guess. Also, the gau-name provided by me above
should be 'Bardengo' not 'Bardingo' (it is first attested in the 8th
century.

cheers
Dirk








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