Toledo (Norman template)

[Francisc Czobor]

I think we should'nt use the Normans as a template in this case.
As far as I know, the Normans of Rollon were only men, who married 
local Romance-speaking women, so that after one or two generations 
their Norse language died out. On the other hand, the Goths (both 
Ostro- and Visi-) travelled everywhere with their families.I don't 
have examples at hand now, but I know there are some Germanic 
loanwords in Spanish that are rather Gothic than Frankish or something 
else. Moreover, the name of the Visigothic king Wamba (ruled 672-680 
AD) is most probably a nickname (gothic wamba = belly), and a Gothic 
nickname is, in my opinion, a proof that the Gothic language was still 
alive in the second half of the 7th century in Spain.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, macmaster at ... wrote:
>
> I'm not so sure; using the Normans as a template, we see that they 
were
> using Germanic names long after they had adopted French, English, and
> Italian.
> We also find the same with other Germanic groups that were 
indisputably
> speaking Romance languages - the Lombards come to mind.
> And, to this day, a great many Spanish, French, and Italian given 
names
> reflect Gothic, Frankish, Norse, and Lombard origins.
> 
> 


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