A number of scholars suggest that a Germanic language, possibly Gothic, may have coexisted with another Hunnic language as the "lingua franca" of the Hunnic Empire. Maenchen-Helfen suggests that the words "medos" and "kamos" could possibly be of Germanic origin. He argues that "Attila", "Bleda", "Laudaricus", "Onegesius", "Ragnaris", and "Ruga" are Germanic, while Heather also includes the names "Scottas" and "Berichus". Kim questions the Germanic etymologies of "Ruga", "Attila", and "Bleda", arguing that there are "more probable Turkic etymologies." Elsewhere, he argues that the Germanicization of Hunnic names may have been a conscious policy of the Hunnic elite in the Western part of the Empire.