north germans
appearance: c. -1000
dispersal: -100
ascendancy: germans[1]
the northern germans migrated from denmark into sweden sometime in the very distant past, so distant that it's hard for me to say right now. however, given the roman cartographic evidence, it seems clear that it would have indeed been close to -1000, perhaps a little later. we need to give the north and east germans some time to split up. over time, this population developed into the scandinavians whom are linked only sparsely and perhaps not even accurately. all of the prominent "norse" families appear to be implanted west germans. however, these north germans are the proto-norse. something happened around -100 [probably a revolt by indigenous farmers] that pushed the goths out of sweden and across into poland. these "east germans" are the most prevalent "north germans" in the tree.
descendancy: scandinavians[1]
descendancy: east germans[1]
[1]: the role of migration in the history of the eurasian steppe, andrew bell-fialkoff, 2000
[2]: heimskringla, snorri sturlson, c. 1200
[3]: the germanic invasions, lucien musset, 1965
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