The ostrogoths are one side of the division of the goths. The other gothic people are the visigoths.
Ostro might refer to the word auster (Austrilian ) or austru ( Romanian, German ). Both refer to wind direction. Auster is a direct southerly wind, whereas austru is a west to southwest wind.
The Goths according to the Penny cyclopedia (1800's) " originally inhabited the countries on the Baltic between the Vistula and the Niemen.".
By 200 AD the Goths had divided into the Ostro Greuthungi Goths who inhabited Danubian lands east of the Dnieper. The Visi Thervingi Goths took the west Dnieper river.
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