Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

On 2008-11-02 08:08, tgpedersen wrote:

> I think 'Goth' is a pre-Germanic word which is identical to the word
> 'Jute'

*Guta- ("Goth") and *Gauta- ("Geat, Gaut") may be related, but they are
both certainly different from *euta- ("Jute"):

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15880

> and that it designated the various pre-Germanic peoples.

In what way were the East Germanic Goths or the West Germanic Jutes
"pre-Germanic"?

Piotr