(from the article `Gothic language`) ...Germanic language family because its records, except for a few scattered runic inscriptions, antedate those of the other Germanic languages by ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/37
Ostrogothic, Ostrogothian A reference to a member of the eastern branch of Gothic peoples who invaded Italy, where they ruled between the late 5th and the middle of the 6th centuries. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1536/