Jiddish related to Gothic?

[Tore Gannholm tore@gannholm.org [gothic-l]]

Hi Dirk,
I understand that this is a sensitive subject for you.

Why my interest?

The Gotlandic Merchant Republic had close relations with Khazaria and Gotlandic Varangians are also known to have served the Khagan.
However the Gotlandic Varangians were about 860 kicked out from the Rus’ Khaganate and there forts were burned. After that they concentrated on Constantinople.

Already in 838 we have three independent sources that a Gotlandic Varangian delegation visited Constantinople that the Gotlanders called Miklagar∂r.

The daughter to a Gotlandic Varangian was married to Basil who after having had the Emperor Michael III murdered in september 867 became Emperor Basil I and the Gotlandic Varangian Ingr’s daughter Indrina became Empress Eudokia Indrina.

When Basil I died in 886 the Gotlandic Varangian Ingr’s daughter’s son Leo becomes the new Emperor Leo VI.

As it says in the Gotlandic history.

The Gotlanders on their travels learned Christian customs and some were baptised and brought priests to Gotland.
The Patriarch Photius writes in beginning of 867 that after the Bulgarians had converted to Christianity the Gotlanders followed eagerly

Tore


On 11 Jun 2014, at 09:06, d.faltin at hispeed.ch [gothic-l] <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Hi David,
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> thanks for your insights. I agree of course and the point relevant to this discussion list is that Yiddish is not derived from Gothic but from south middle high German.
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> As for the Khazars they never spoke Yiddish and they were not of Gothic decent. Instead, the Khazars were of uiguric-turkish ethnic and linguistic origins, which can be seen from their personal names and the fact that prior to their conversion to Judaism, they venerated deities such as Tengri, Umay and Erlik. Finally, by far not all Khazars converted to Judaism. Large parts of the population were muslims, indeed some scholars bellieve that Judaism was confinded only to the ruling elites. 
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> Cheers,
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> Dirk
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> 

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