Re: Norse Runes and Gothic Alphabet

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho
<josimo70@...> wrote:

> In a edition of French Dictionary Larousse there's a checklist of

Gothic letters.

> The names are perfect matches of Runes's names, for example, Aihvus

and Jör, Raida and Reid, etc.

> Was there any kind of "missing link", a common source?
>
> Is there any on-line version of Wulfila's Codex Argenteus, with

original and translated forms?

>
>
> Joao SL

Wulfilas (aka Ulfilas ) created the Gothic alphabet in order to bring
Christianity and the Bible to the Goths.
My layman's understanding is that he supposedly based the letters on
a mix of Greek and Latin... though some say runes were involved as
well. IMO it would certainly make sense for him to add in runic
elements if there were an easy crossover as it would make the
language that much easier to grasp.

Regards,
-Aydan