Suio-Gothic

English Etymology Late 18th century, from en la Suiōnēs a Scandinavian tribe + en Gothic. Proper noun 1 en archaic The language of the Goths of Götaland (Southern Sweden); Old Swedish. en 1868 Walter William Skeat A Mœso-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of Mœso-Gothic Grammar, and a List of Anglo-Saxon and Old and Modern English Words Etymologically Connected with Mœso-Gothic, VI http://books.google.com/books?id=VBsJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6&dq=suio-gothic on We also meet with the term Suio-Gothic, which is applied to mean the language of the Goths of Gothland in Sweden, and which may be looked upon as Old Swedish. Usage notes Common in the 19th century and early 20th century, rarely used from the mid-20th century onwards. Often abbreviated as Su.G., Su.-G., Su.-Goth. etc.