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The name “Valthungian” comes from the name ''Valthungi'' – a Latin term derived from a pre-Old Valthungian name *''Walþungae'' – meaning “Forest-dweller,” likely a branch of or related to the [[w: Thervingi|Thervingians]] (''idem''), though the Valthungian people refer to themselves as '''''[[Contionary: grējutunga#Valthungian|Grējutunga]]''''', which is probably from an earlier ''[[w: Greuthungi|Griutuggai]]'' (the name of an Ostrogothic tribe living along the northern shore of the Black Sea), which underwent reanalysis (griut+ung‑ → griw+tung‑) and came to mean ‘the Grey-Tongued (ones)’. In turn, they call their language '''''[[Contionary: so#Valthungian|so]] [[Contionary: grējus#Valthungian|Grējuga]] [[Contionary: tunga#Valthungian|Tunga]]''''' ‘the Grey Tongue’. | The name “Valthungian” comes from the name ''Valthungi'' – a Latin term derived from a pre-Old Valthungian name *''Walþungae'' – meaning “Forest-dweller,” likely a branch of or related to the [[w: Thervingi|Thervingians]] (''idem''), though the Valthungian people refer to themselves as '''''[[Contionary: grējutunga#Valthungian|Grējutunga]]''''', which is probably from an earlier ''[[w: Greuthungi|Griutuggai]]'' (the name of an Ostrogothic tribe living along the northern shore of the Black Sea), which underwent reanalysis (griut+ung‑ → griw+tung‑) and came to mean ‘the Grey-Tongued (ones)’. In turn, they call their language '''''[[Contionary: so#Valthungian|so]] [[Contionary: grējus#Valthungian|Grējuga]] [[Contionary: tunga#Valthungian|Tunga]]''''' ‘the Grey Tongue’. | ||
When the Goths, including many Griutungi, sacked Rome in 410ᴀᴅ, most lost the Gothic language in favour of Latin within a few generations, though some speakers of Griutungi remained in the areas to the north and east of Rome, eventually making their way to the alps north of the modern [[w: Udine|city of Udine]]. Over the course of the next five centuries, small pockets of Gothic ([[Griutungi]]) speakers remained in eastern parts of the Italian Alps, and by about 800ᴀᴅ the language had developed into what we now consider [[Old Valthungian]]. In 1025ᴀᴅ a group of Late-Old-Valthungian-speaking Valthungi set out to return to their ancestral Gothic homeland, and, to make a very long and tedious story unsatisfyingly short, they got lost and ended up in Bavaria, where, after a few hundred years, they were speaking [[Middle Valthungian]]. The language of the Valthungi who stayed behind also continued to evolve and blend with Latin and Romance influences, first becoming [[Italian Gothic]] and then eventually the modern mixed language [[Gothic Romance]]. | |||
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