[gothic-l] Re: The Gothic Migration Epic

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--- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
Hæ Dirk !

Somehow you have jumbled the letters here.
"aut-HOCH-onous" makes no sense to me in English.

If the word you have in mind is "auto-CHTON-ous", 
then it makes more sense, since "auto" means "self"
and "CHTON" means "earth".

> 
> there is no such thing as 'authochonous 

Here we are in full agreement !

> for a certain number of centuries, than originated from
> somewhere else'. Authochonous for the Wielbark and for
> the preceeding Okcywie culture means that they did 
> not come from anywhere, but developed locally in the
> area of modern Pommerania and Silesia. The Jastorf culture
> is authochonous to the area of modern east Lower Saxony,
> meaning that its carriers did not come from somwhere else
> or adopted their culture from somewhere else.  
> 
> Where do you think the Scandinavians, say the modern Swedes or 
> Gotlanders originally came from?

I suppose you, Dirk, would like to say "Germany".

But archaeology has revealed a remarkably continuity in material
culture. There may of course have been some emigrations
and immigrations, but most likely only occasional small
numbers.

The Germanic language may in fact stem from Scandinavia,
since such a new language would need a certain incubation
time, or isolation, in order to develop independently
of neighboring languages. Probably in Sweden, since this was
a very rich country with many natural resources - and also
suitably isolated.

Keth





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