Crimean Gothic

[Thomas McFadden]

>                There are 2 etyma, also left out by Diamond, which display
> the kind of incredible similarity that usually provide a temptation for
> far-too-amateurish explanations (the likelihood of which is questionable
> pending some consistent linguistic or historic "endorsement")
>             Fers=vir; cf. Irish, fir, far
>             ich malthata=ego dico; malthata,cf.Norw. maal=language

the first one at least is not 'far-too-amateurish'.  it corresponds to
Biblical Gothic wair /wer/ (with nom. sg. -s lost after short vowel + r) =
OE OFris OS OHG wer ON verr Latin vir OIr. fir etc.