Gaut 1854943 201240488 2008-03-27T03:58:35Z DumZiBoT 6085301 Bot: Converting bare references, see [[User:DumZiBoT/refLinks|FAQ]] {{lang|non|'''Gautr''', '''Gauti''', '''Guti'''}}, '''Gothus''' and '''Geats''' are name forms based on the same [[Proto-Germanic]] root, ''*{{lang|gem|ǥuđ-}}'' (see ''[[god (word)|god]]''). '''Gapt''' is generally considered to be a corruption of '''Gaut'''.<ref>[http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0009&L=gothic-l&D=0&P=8323 LISTSERV 14.4<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The names may represent the eponymous founder of an early tribe ancestral to the Gautar ([[Geat]]s), Gutans ([[Goths]]) and [[Gutar]] (Gotlanders). Gaut was one of [[Odin]]'s names and the name forms are thought to be echoes of an ancient ancestry tradition among [[Germanic tribes]], such as that of [[Yngvi]] and the [[Ingaevones]]. Moreover, the names ''Geats'', ''Goths'' and ''Gutar'' are closely related tribal names. ''Geat'' was originally [[Proto-Germanic]] *''{{lang|gem|Gautoz}}'', and ''Goths'' and ''Gutar'' were *''{{lang|gem|Gutaniz}}''. According to Andersson (1996), *''{{lang|gem|Gautoz}}'' and *''{{lang|gem|Gutaniz}}'' are two ablaut grades of a Proto-Germanic word with the meaning "to pour" (modern Swedish ''{{lang|se|gjuta}}'', modern Danish ''{{lang|da|gyde}}'', modern German ''{{lang|de|giessen}}''; English ''in-got'') designating the tribes as "pourers of semen" or "men". The name '''{{lang|non|Gautr}}''' appears as one of the names of [[Odin]] in [[Norse mythology]], but also as an alternative form of the name '''{{lang|non|Gauti}}''', who was one of Odin's sons, and the founder of the kingdom of the [[Geat]]s, [[Götaland]] (''{{lang|non|Gautland}}''/''Geatland''). This Gautr/Gauti also appears as the father of the recurrent and undatable [[Geatish king]] [[Gautrekr]]. Some versions of the English royal line of Wessex add names above that of Woden, purportedly giving Woden's ancestry, though the names are now usually thought be in fact another royal lineage that has been at some stage erroneously pasted onto the top of the standard genealogy. Some of these genealogies end in '''Geat''', whom it is reasonable to think might be Gaut. The account in the ''[[Historia Britonum]]'' calls Geat a son of a god which fits. But [[Asser]] in his ''Life of Alfred'' writes instead that the pagans worshipped this Geat himself for a long time as a god. In Old Norse texts Gaut is itself a very common byname for Odin. [[Jordanes]] in ''[[The origin and deeds of the Goths]]'' traces the line of the Amelungs up to Hulmul son of '''Gapt''', purportedly the first Gothic hero of record. This ''Gapt'' is felt by many commentators to be an error for ''Gaut'' or ''Gauti''. [[Nennius]] reports that a ''Gothus'' was the ancestor of the Goths. It is not clear if [[Getae]] were related to Goths. In the same book Jordanes tells that [[Tomyris]] was the queen of Getae. Tomyris was, according to [[Herodotus]], a queen of the [[Massagetae]]. The [[Gutasaga]], which treats the history of [[Gotland]] before its [[Christianization]], begins with [[Þjelvar]] and his son [[Hafþi]], who had three sons, [[Graipr]], '''Guti''' and [[Gunfjaun]], who were the ancestors of the [[Gotlander]]s, the [[Gutar]] (which is originally the same name as Goths). ==References== *Andersson, Thorsten. (1996) "{{lang|se|Göter, goter, gutar}}" in ''{{lang|se|Journal Namn och Bygd}}'', Uppsala. ===Notes=== {{reflist}} [[Category:Kings of the Geats]] [[Category:Goths]] [[Category:Ancient Germanic peoples]] [[Category:History of the Germanic peoples]] [[Category:Germanic mythology]] [[Category:Gotland]] [[als:Gaus]] [[de:Gautr]] [[fr:Gaut]] [[no:Gaute]]