𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻

Gothic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῶε (Nôe), with added -l- likely by analogy with Hebrew names such as Daniel ending in אֵל (el, “god”), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).

Proper noun

𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻 • (nauēl) m

1. Noah, the Biblical character

Declension

Accusative and dative singular unattested, but compare similar loaned names such as 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 (abraham).

Loanword; irregular/mixed declension

	singular	plural
nominative	𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻 nauēl	—
vocative	—	—
accusative	*𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻 *nauēl	—
genitive	𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃 nauēlis	—
dative	*𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌴𐌻𐌰 *nauēla	—

Descendants

• → Latin: Noel (hapax from the earliest inscriptions found at Notre-Dame de la Daurade at Toulouse, likely dating from the Visigothic period and influenced by this Wulfilan Gothic form.)

References

• Carla Falluomini, "Traces of Wulfila's Bible Translation in Visigothic Gaul", Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 80 (2020) pp. 5-24.