Dear all, Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information available on toponyms of supposed Alan origin (or at least named after them) in Iberia. Spanish...
... Yes, Alans were nomads speaking an eastern Iranian language of the same family of Persian. Their descendants are the Ossetes, living north of the Caucasus...
Dear all, There are currently two main theories about the origin of the Burgos toponyme. Both of them, though, take the name "Burgos" as coming from Germanic...
Hi there, The province names in the list I sent seem not to be displayed by some browsers. I suppose it's due to some hidden control character (I took the list...
... Burgos toponyme. Both of them, though, take the name "Burgos" as coming from Germanic burgs through Latin.burgus. The first theory sees "Burgos" as...
... sees ... burgo, ... Yes, that was indeed a great help. Thank you Rydwlf. ... the ... must ... any ... I only remember personal name Carlos which is a...
Anyone know what the Gothic form of Beorc would be? Would it be Biurks? I have a ancestor with the name Birch said to be an Old English name Beorc. Le ... ...
... The Gothic form corresponding to Old English 'beorc' would be: *baírka. Although the word is not recorded in the corpus of Biblical Gothic, one possible...
Has anyone read this book? Oxenstierna, Eric, 1916-1968 1944-1948 titel Die Urheimat der Goten : mit 147 Abbildungen im Te ... uppl./ćr [1944-]1948 Tore...
Dear all, I'm glad that the information I posted was of your interest. Heinrich Lausberg in his "Romance Linguistics" talks about the tendency in Low Latin to...
No, I only heard about it yesterday. Hard ot get. It is only available from two libraries in Sweden. Tore ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi everybody, I've been subscribed to Gothic-L for a long time, but as far as I can recall I've never posted anything. Ironically, my first posting isn't about...
Nathan Bellomy-McKnight
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Aug 17, 2007 5:18 pm
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Hails alla In a quick response to a very well-placed query by Nathan Bellomy-McKnight about the Pernik Sword, might I posit the following: 1. Some months ago I...
May I suggest that IH means Iisus Hristos and IN means Iisus Nazarinean, as common for that site and that era. ... there is indeed much available online,...
May I point out the relation of "qualat" and greek galata (Galata in Constantinopole, Galtis on Alutha in Jordannes). ... tendency in Low Latin to avoid final...
"In the land of Scythia to the westward dwells, first of 33 all, the race of the Gepidae, surrounded by great and famous rivers. For the Tisia flows...
... Once again the historian Jordanes was incorrect in identifying the Gepidae as German. Please stop using his flawed historical assumptions. They (the...
Hi Frederick, ... the ... It is not only Jordanes as says so - also archaeology. See the examinations of prof. Jerzy Okulicz at the archaeological institute of...
Hi, ... Gepidae were not German, but (East) Germanic. Jordanes was correct in identifying them as the closest kinsmen of the Goths. ... been a ... Perhaps you...
Hi, ... [...] ... The word is borrowed from Slavic (OCSl. nEmici) where it universally denotes German (from OCSl. nEm-u "dumb", "mute", originally "a dumb ...
Hi all, As I said it's highly probable that the language of Attila's court was Gothic. There was a lot of East Germanic kings round there, and they may have...
And here is my Gothic version (unattested words are marked with *) [Attila qaț:] Afar sigiza swa managaizo țiudo, afar midjungard, jabai gastandaiț, ...
Adnotata (some remarks on the translation and requests for your aid) ineptus "inept" = *untils (Lat. aptus = Go. gatils). Cf. also OCSl. loan o.tilu "no longer...
The element aluminium/aluminum comes from latin alumen which means alum. The word alumen is made of the root alu- and the common -men ending. The same root...
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