Re: Goths: IE Languages vs Germanic

--- In cybalist@..., lsroute66@... wrote:

> B. Because the word Goth appears only in Greek and Latin and never

in

> ancient German.

Incorrect. It appears in a fragment of a Gothic calendar dating from
the Gothic occupation of Italy. The entry refers to the 23rd October:

"þize ana Gutþiudai managaize martwre jah Friþareikeis"
(Day) of the many martyrs among the Gothic people and of (Saint)
Frederick.

Brian Beck