Greuthungi

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Greothingi, Greutungi === Etymology === According to Schönfeld, the name means something like "gravel people" and is derived from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). Cognate with Old Norse grýtingar. More at Greuthungi. Compare Ancient Greek Γρόθιγγοι (Gróthingoi). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡrɛu̯ˈtʰʊŋ.ɡiː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡreu̯ˈtun̠ʲ.d͡ʒi] === Proper noun === Greuthungī m pl (genitive Greuthungōrum); second declension A Gothic tribe of the Pontic steppe ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, plural only. === References === M. Schönfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und Völkernamen: Nach der Überlieferung des klassischen Altertums bearbeitet (series: Germanische Bibliothek: I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher: IV. Reihe: Wörterbücher, edited by Wilhelm Streitberg), Heidelberg, 1911, p.113