Germanic Etymologies and Linguistic Resources

Vixagoras

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I am specifically having trouble with the tribal name Quadi, though anything else anyone provide in terms of Germanic languages circa 100 CE would be tremendously helpful, as it will be relevant to my timeline that I hope people are enjoying...
 

Vixagoras

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Ok, I think I have the origin of the name Quadi narrowed down, but I would still be interested in sources for personal names during the period, such as Vannius, Gabinius, Furtius, and others.
 

Vixagoras

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It seems to be related to Old English cwead and Dutch kwaad, both ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic kwēda. In Old English, the term meant "filth" or "dung", but in Dutch and subsequently German and Frisian it has a meaning of "bad, angry, melancholy", which has led some to suggest that at the time of the Quadi it meant "ferocious", though it might not be an endonym, but rather an exonym so applied because of their exacting tribute on Pannonian Germanic and Celtic tribes with whom the Romans would have had more direct contact. For the sake of my timeline though, I will be calling them the "Quadi".
 
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