From: Marco Moretti
Message: 4215
Date: 2004-02-26
> --- In norse_course Marco Moretti wrote:name of
>
> > Sagas are full with similar
> > names of families ending in -ingar (pl.) and derived from the
> > a common ancestor. We find similar denominations for folks inGothic,
> > Vandalic, Longobardic (Greotungi, Tervingi, Hasdingi, etc...)and
> > It has nothing to with /ungr/ "young" which comes from /jung-/
> > has initial /j-/ regularly disappeared.Hello!
> >
>
> Does that mean that the vikings descended from a man named "Vik"?
>
> I, for one, thought the Norsemen had no family names,
> but only used the father's name. (going back only one generation)
> I have seen it applied to dynasties, though.
> Possibly modeled after Carolingians, Merovingians etc.
>
> Regards
> Xigung