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

> . . .
> > I think 'Goth' is a pre-Germanic word which is identical to the word
> > 'Jute' and that it designated the various pre-Germanic peoples. The
> > emigration to the southern Baltic shores was made by disgruntled
> > natives opposing the new regime in Scandinavia, but since their
> > leaders were literate in the new language of their oppressors they
> > ended up speaking a dialect of that.
>
>
> Or, better yet, could Goth be a designation of the "Eastern Germanic
> People"?

Erh, so you're saying we should leave 'Goth' as meaning what it means
now? I disagree, obviously.


Torsten