Drac II
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Drac II,
The ultimate origin of Proto-Germanic language was in Scandinavia & Denmark in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
So ultimately carriers (speakers) of some form of Proto-Gothic had also come from there.
Saying that Goths came from Poland not Scandinavia can only be as much true as saying that Islam came to Iberia from North Africa and not from Arabia. Goths maybe came from Poland, but some part of ancestors of Goths had come from Scandinavia before.
Germanic-speakers started to expand from Scandinavia and Denmark approximately during the 4th century BCE.
If you think that Proto-Germanic evolved in Poland, or in a large area encompassing also Poland - then no, this is wrong.
Since nothing that can be identified as "Gothic" culture-wise has been found older than what has been found in Poland, then the logical conclusion, in light of current archaeological evidence, is that the Goths originated in Poland. Speculating about where other Germanic-speaking cultures came from does not clarify this, since we are dealing specifically with the Goths and the characteristics that set them apart from other groups.
In the case of Islam the record is even clearer and there is no dispute whatsoever since the oldest evidence for this religion all comes from Arabia. Everyone in the world who has practiced this religion at any point in history got it either directly or indirectly from the Arabs.