𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

A compound; the first element is *𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 (*aiƕs), from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz (“horse”). According to Lehmann (1986), the second element is either derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to bite”) (then with the sense of "point" and related to 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”)), or from a word related to 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌰𐌽 (tundnan, “to be burning”) (then with the sense of "burning" and related to English tinder).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʍaˌtun.di/

Noun

𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 • (aiƕatundi) f

2. bramble (thorny shrub in the genus Rubus)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:44:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌴 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄; 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰.

     ƕarjizuh raihtis bagmē us swēsamma akrana uskunþs ist; ni auk us þaurnum lisand[a] smakkans, nih þan us aiƕatundjai trudand[a] weinabasja.

     For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 20:37:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸: 𐍃𐌰𐍈 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌹𐍃.

     aþþan þatei urreisand dauþans, jah mōsēs bandwida ana aiƕatundjai, swē qiþiþ: saƕ fraujan guþ abrahamis jah guþ isakis jah guþ iakōbis.

     Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. (KJV).

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 12:26:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐌼 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐌶𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹, 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃: 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌼 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ⟨𐌲𐌿𐌸⟩ 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌹𐍃?

     aþþan bi dauþans, þatei urreisand, niu gakunnaidēduþ ana bōkōm mōsēzis ana aiƕatundjai, ƕaiwa imma qaþ guþ qiþands: ik im guþ abrahamis jah guþ isakis jah ⟨guþ⟩ iakōbis?

     And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? (KJV).

Usage notes

This term translates Koine Greek βάτος (bátos, “bramble, prickly bush”), twice referring to the burning bush, once to a certain plant. In the last instance, it may, according to Lehmann (1986) possibly refer to the sloe (Prunus spinosa).

Declension

Feminine ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 aiƕatundi	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 aiƕatundjōs
Vocative	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 aiƕatundi	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 aiƕatundjōs
Accusative	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 aiƕatundja	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 aiƕatundjōs
Genitive	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 aiƕatundjōs	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 aiƕatundjō
Dative	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 aiƕatundjai	𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼 aiƕatundjōm

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A67. *aiƕatundi”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 15
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 3