--- In cybalist@..., x99lynx@... wrote:

> Another perhaps better conjecture is that <Guthalus> is "Gota alv,"
>/....../ ---Of course, we can take Pliny <alus> as <alvs>. And of

course he probably

> never actually heard the words from a native speaker. <Goth Alvs>

itself

> might be a generic reference to a natural harbor formed at the

mouth of any

> river.

******GK: How would you etymologize these components Steve? GOTA-ALV
or GOTH-ALVS. BTW thanks for the intervention.*****