𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (“wheat”). Cognate to Old English hwǣte and Old High German weizzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɛː.tiːs/

Noun

𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (ƕaiteis) m

2. (hapax) a kind of corn, probably wheat (cereal grain)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 12.24:

     𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃: 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸, 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐍉 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌸: 𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸, 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸.

     amēn amēn qiþa izwis: nibai kaurnō ƕaiteis gadriusandō in airþa gaswiltiþ, silbō ainata aflifniþ: iþ jabai gaswiltiþ, manag akran bairiþ.

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. (KJV).

Usage notes

This word translates Koine Greek σῖτος (sîtos), as does 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn), which is related to various Germanic words for "grain"; Lehmann (1986) accordingly glosses the latter as "grain, wheat". The word treated here seems to only be used for the plant, and 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn) only for its grains.

Declension

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 ƕaiteis	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 ƕaitjōs
Vocative	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹 ƕaiti	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 ƕaitjōs
Accusative	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹 ƕaiti	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 ƕaitjans
Genitive	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 ƕaiteis	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌴 ƕaitjē
Dative	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰 ƕaitja	𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼 ƕaitjam

Meronyms

• 𐌰𐌷𐍃 (ahs, “ear”)
• 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “blade, herb”)
• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 (kaurnō, “kernel”)

Holonyms

• 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk, “cornfields”)

Related terms

• 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 (ƕeits, “white”)

See also

• 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (barizeins, “made of barley”)
• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn, “corn”)

References

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “Ƕ4. ƕaiteis”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 197

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 74