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(Old Norse nominative ''Gautr''; variants ''Gauti'', ''Gaute'', ''Guti'', ''Gapt''; latinized ''Gothus''; Old English ''Geat'') is an early Germanic name, from a Proto-Germanic ''gautaz'', which represents an eponymous founder or tribal god of a number of related Germanic tribes of the migration period, i.e. the ''Gautar'' ( *', Geats), ''Gutans'' ( *', Goths) and ''Gutes'' (Gotlanders). ''Gautr'' is also one of the Eddaic names of Odin. According to Andersson (1996), *' and *' are two ablaut grades of the Proto-Germanic root ''geut-'' with the meaning "to pour" designating the tribes as "pourers of metal" or "forgers of men". The "pouring" etymology associates the name with the word ''god'' ('' *gudan'' "deity, idol"), which may be derived from the zero grade of the same root. ==Tribal names== The names ''Geats'', ''Goths'' and ''Gutes'' are closely related tribal names. ''Geat'' was originally Proto-Germanic *', and ''Goths'' and ''Gutes'' were *'. Jordanes in ''The origin and deeds of the Goths'' (551) traces the line of the Amelungs up to Hulmul son of ''Gapt'', purportedly the first Gothic hero of record. The ''Gutasaga'' (c. 1300), 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 Gotlanders, the Gutes (which is originally the same name as Goths). The German chronicler Johannes Aventinus (ca. 1525) reported Gothus as one of 20 dukes who accompanied Tuisto into Europe, settling Gothaland as his personal fief, during the reign of Nimrod at Babel. The Swede Johannes Magnus around the same time as Aventinus, wrote that Gothus or Gethar, also known as Gogus or Gog, was one of Magog's sons, who became first king of the Goths (Geats) in Gothaland. Magnus separately listed Gaptus as son and successor of Beric, first king of the Goths south of the Baltic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaut」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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