[gothic-l] Re: new member with questions

[Francisc Czobor]

Welcome, Gunner!

Your name is the same as the Scandinavian Gunnar? In this case, it is 
originally identical with the German name Günther, a figure of the 
Niebelungen story. This was in fact a historical person, known as 
Gundahar or Gundicharius, king of the Burgundians, killed in a battle 
against the Huns in 436 AD. Thus, the name is Burgundian, not Gothic, 
that represents in fact no big difference. At that time, the Germanic 
languages were not very differentiated, and Gothic and Burgundian, as 
idioms spoken by East Germanic tribes, where probably still mutually 
intelligible. The name is composed of the old Germanic roots *gundhi-
 "battle, war" (Old Icelandic: gunnr, later: guthr, Old High German: 
gund) and *harja- "army" (Gothic: harjis, Old Icelandic: herr, Old 
English: here, Old High German: heri, Modern German: Heer, Swedish: 
här) thus in Gothic your name would be *Gundiharjis or *Gunthiharjis.

Francisc



--- In gothic-l at y..., "gunnerwold" <gunnerwold at y...> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'm a new member with questions. I'm trying to 
learn 
> Gothic but am having some problems figuring out what my name would 
> be in Gothic. I'm pretty sure it exists because I read somewhere 
> that it was Gothic. I also want to learn as many words for trees as 
> I can because I'm very into nature and work in forestry. Can anyone 
> help with these questions? Your help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Gunner


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