Re: [tied] Geats, Goths & Goats in Sweden

We do? Only these two tribes? Well, I don't know much about history,
but this seems like an obvious generalisation to me. Where did you get it
from? This sounds like the fixed phrase attached to the titles of kings in
the 16th and 17th centuries - "king of the Svear, the Götar and the
Vendes." If I'm not mistaken, this phrase was coined a long time after
these tribal names had any real meaning.

And anyway, how do we know if the Götar were related to the Geatas or the
Goths (or maybe the Goats)? Maybe these tribes were only related to each
other etymologically, using more or less the same name.

Hakan

Dear Hakan,

    The Lapplanders may not be Indo-European Germanic language people but
thy may very well precede the Geats, Goths, Vendes et al and are just as much
Swedish in nationality as the rest of their brethern.  At former times there
were also Finnish inhabitants of Swedish territories.  Are any Finns left in
Sweden?

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