I can only imagine how the Ostrogothic warriors felt - without a homeland, defeated, hated and feared across southern Europe - I can't envision any particular...
Logical place for emigrant Ostrogoths would be Visigothic Gaul (Languedoc was Gothic for quite a while after this). Quite a few appear to have taken service...
... Latin, ... Gothic ... Yes I think that too. I would perhaps be quite easy to list all the names attested in the bible, right? And names of gothic kings are...
In responding to gadrauhts, I would submit Frithureiks; see cf. Frithugairns (shortened by Romans, perhaps by others, to Fritigern). Attila's bride:...
Actually, Wright includes a list of proper names and some notes on Gothic renderings of the Greek forms. We could expand that by: 1. Including synonyms 2....
I'v been pondering aboout some namerelated stuff. Names are nouns and I guess they are inflected as such. Some languages (such as baltic) add suffixes to...
What is Gothic for Karl Marx I wonder – Ka(i)rls Marks (gen. Markis) or Markss (Marksis)? The latter seems likelier, but there's no example of a final -ss,...
... Could assimilate the name to marks, border. Is that attested? I was more concerned with first names, to be honest. I think the Greek form for Michael would...
Everytime I see a pic of the spearhead of Kovell, there's always some text mentioning that it's read right to left. Is it possible that the photo is just a...
... Markis) ... example ... is ... I would propose Kairls Marks (gen. Marksis). Since the final s is not a suffix it shouldn't change to Markis, and you're...
... That's a good question. The same I guess as should we use Fredrik or *Frişureiks :). We may consider the following: 1. Whether Vladimir is Germanic or...
I have a question about the Gothic word for "mother", "aithei". The general Indo-European pattern for "mother" is m + vowel +T + vowel +/-r, where T = [t],...
... voicless ... the ... Was ... I don't know if I can come up with a splended answer but I'll try ;) Aithei is not deriven from the same origine as german...
... use ... or ... Exactly! I use the name frithureiks when refering to friedrich engels, and a supposed gothicized form of his last name as Aggilisks. ... I...
... I think Waldamêrs would be still more natural :) ... Same as Gothic Heleias (which also appears as Haileiins gen., Eleias et sim.). Hebrew Eliyahu, that...
At one point I was working on a short paper RE: the use of "atta" in the Gothic Lord's Prayer, but there seemed to be little etymology to speak about with the...
Hi! Just an impulsive idea! The chief of a Gothic household is a Frauja. In connection with his family he is Fadar (Sw. fader) so that is evidently the normal...
... Yes I agree...this would be the most natural since it would be a translated form. ... Eleias ... town ... we ... I'd go with 'af trakam'. That seems pretty...
... speakers. ... I guess you think of mir in the meaning world/airşa? But it's probably an old word meaning famous and cognate to gothic mêrs/mêreis. The...
My Deutsches Namen-Lexicon lists the brun in Brunstein as an old epitaph for Odin. I don't know enough to say whether this can be thrown out of the discussion...
Sorry to bump this, but I was looking at the Dahmdorf spearhead and noticed the same thing. This has got me really curious. Not only is the inscription 'read...
Hi group, I have some new thoughts about the etymology of the Greutungi and Tervingi. The Germanic root greut-, while basically meaning 'stone', is also found ...
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