Gothic Titles of Nobility Question

Now I know that neither the Visigothic Kingdom nor the Ostrogothic Kingdom survived into the Middle Ages and so they didn't have the opportunity to develop a system of nobility similar to other nations. Assuming that one or both kingdoms survived, what would Gothic equivalent words be to the various noble rankings? I would assume the words would be somewhat similar in appearance to other Germanic languages. Ultimately they would probably be replaced with a more Romance derived version since they'd been in Iberia and/or Italy but who knows.
 
In my Amalingian timeline, I've taken to using "Reiks" as a title of nobility, relatively equal to "Duke," while "þiudans" remains the standard title for King (cognate to the Anglo-Saxon Theoden). I haven't developed a title for Governor or Count yet, but will likely do so as it comes up in the writing :)
 
In my Amalingian timeline, I've taken to using "Reiks" as a title of nobility, relatively equal to "Duke," while "þiudans" remains the standard title for King (cognate to the Anglo-Saxon Theoden). I haven't developed a title for Governor or Count yet, but will likely do so as it comes up in the writing :)

Sweet. I'll have to check it out. I was considering writing an ASB Gothic invasion of the Americas TL but then was pondering how a noble hierarchy might develop.

I did know about "reiks" and "þiudans" but if i did my ASB TL I was thinking of using reiks similar to the German use of Graaf, with Markreiks and Landreiks instead of Markgraafs and Landgraafs. For something equal to duke/herzog I was thinking of following the the route of herzog and combining the Gothic words for Army and To Lead, Hari/Harjis and Tiuhan/Táuh, becoming something like Hartáuh.
 
The original title of the Lombard dukes is unknown, since there is no surviving text in their original language (the oldest surviving texts on the history of the Lombards - Origo Gentis Langobardorum by unknown author and Historia Langobardorum by Paulus Diaconus - were written in Latin, and the term used for the chief of a fara was dux, which was later adopted for the great territorial lords under the (often nominal) overlordship of the king. The adult male warriors belonged to a specific fara (group of more or less interrelated families) which has been described as something between a large Sippe (extended family) and a Gefolgshaft (free union of warriors under an elected chief). The etimology of "fara" has been linked to the German "fahren", to travel and during the nomadic period of the Lombard people would have represented something like a tribe on the march.
 
That could definitely work! I actually need to do some work in this regards. I figured, in my timeline, that the Gothic government was largely indebted to the Romans whose territories they now rule. Although 'Reiks' would stick around for someone of higher nobility, and they would likely keep Gothic words for the military, titles for lower officials might be inherited from Latin (hence how 'Count' in English comes from Comes). However, as I always stress, linguistics have never been my strong point.
 
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