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According to at least one theory, there are closer linguistic connections between [[Gothic language|Gothic]] and [[Old Norse]] than between Gothic and the [[West Germanic languages]] (see [[East Germanic languages]] and [[Gothic language|Gothic]]). Moreover, there were two tribes that probably are closely related to the Goths and remained in Scandinavia, the [[Gotlander]]s and the [[Geats]], and these tribes were considered to be Goths by Jordanes (see [[Scandza]]).
The names ''Geats'', ''Goths'' and ''Gutar'' are closely related tribal names. ''Geat'' was originally [[Proto-Germanic]] *''Gautoz'' and ''Goths'' and ''Gutar'' were *''Gutaniz''. According to Andersson (1996), *''Gautoz'' and *''Gutaniz'' are two ablaut grades of a Proto-Germanic word (*''geutan'') with the meaning "to pour" (modern Swedish ''gjuta'', modern German ''giessen'') designating the tribes as "pourers of semen", i.e. "men, people". Interestingly, [[Gapt]], the earliest Gothic hero, recorded by [[Jordanes]], is generally regarded as a corruption of ''Gaut''. ´
A compound name, *''Gut-þiuda'', the "Gothic people", appears in the ''Gothic Calendar'' (''aikklesjons fullaizos ana '''gutþiudai''' gabrannidai''). Besides the Goths, this way of naming a tribe is only found in Sweden (see [[Suiones]] and [[Suiþioð]]).
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