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According to a tale related by Jordanes, Gothiscandza was arguably the first settlement of the Goths after their migration from Scandinavia (Scandza) during the first half of the 1st century A.D. Jordanes relates that the East Germanic tribe of Goths were led from Scandza by their king Berig. As soon as they had set foot in the land, they named the area ''Gothiscandza''. They soon moved to the settlements of the Rugians (''Ulmerugi'', a Germanic tribe which had arrived in the area already before the Goths), who lived on the coast, and they chased them away. Then they defeated their new neighbours, the Vandals. After some time, when at least four generations of kings had passed after Berig, and Filimer was the king of the Goths, their numbers had multiplied. Filimer decided that everyone was to leave Gothiscandza and move to a new region named Oium (Scythia). Several archaeologists and historians have proposed the theory that the name Gothiscandza was evolved linguistically into Kashubian and other West Slavic languages' rendition of the various historical names of Gdańsk ((ドイツ語:Danzig)).〔Martin Steinkühler (Author), Hans J. Schuch (Editor). (1997) ''Von Gothiscandza zu Danzig: Aus über 1000 Jahren wechselvoller Geschichte''. Westpreussisches Landesmuseum: Münster-Wolbeck, Germany, pp. 12-23〕 ==History and linguistics== In the 1st century AD, the mouth of the Vistula was indicated as the land of the ''Gutones'' (Pliny the Elder) or ''Gothones'' (Tacitus): :''Beyond the Lygians dwell the Gothones, under the rule of a king; and thence held in subjection somewhat stricter than the other German() nations, yet not so strict as to extinguish all their liberty. Immediately adjoining are the Rugians and Lemovians upon the coast of the ocean, and of these several nations the characteristics are a round shield, a short sword and kingly government.'' The names given by Pliny and Tacitus appear to be identical to *''Gutaniz'', the reconstructed Proto-Germanic form of ''Gutans'', the Goths' and the Gotlanders' name for themselves. 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「Gothiscandza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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