Kicking Roman Butt

[hoplite14gr]

I learned some very interesting things here.
I read a magazine article last that I couldn´t verify its sources but I hope people in the forum might enlighten me.
The author was claiming the the Gotland penisula in Scandianvia was the origin of the Goths.
He claimed that Ulfila or Wulfila was half Goth he could understand Latin and Greek from his mother´s side and he used the structure of Greek and Latin grammar to give or modify the stracture of the Gothic and late Germanic dialects. OK I am no linguist so I am keen to hear from the experts.

As for the baltic elements claimed in the Gothic language can any body claim that there is any language that has not infusion of other linguistic elements?
Goths could have traveled as mercenary war bands allong various armies before they became known under their own name this might expalins the import of foreighn words.

There is a tendency to reject the 19th century works but my opinion is not that all these things must be rejected out of hand.

Kind regards