𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹

Uncertain; the sole attested form, jundai can point to multiple possible nominative singular forms, each with a different etymology.

• The form *junda is often found as a dictionary lemma, for example in the dictionaries of Streitberg and Lehmann, although Lehmann also notes i-stem *junds as a possible nominative singular. If the nominative *junda is correct, this word may be inherited from Proto-Germanic *jundō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥téh₂; this would make this term cognate with Latin iuventa.
• The alternative i-stem nominative singular *junds is favored by Kroonen, who relates this word to the Germanic words listed at Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz, which he instead reconstructs instead as *ju(w)unþi-. He notes that the original Germanic form would have been *juunþi-, with West Germanic inserting a -w- whereas Gothic lost the hiatus. Kroonen rejects the comparison with Latin iuventa.

𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 • (jundai) f (dative singular)

1. youth (quality or state of being young)
   • Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: First Epistle to Timothy (Codex Ambrosianus B) 4:12:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌹, 𐌰𐌺 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰, 𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌴𐍄𐌰, 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹, 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹, 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹.

     ni manna þeinai jundai frakunni, ak frisahts sijais þaim galaubjandam in waurda, in usmēta, in friaþwai, in galaubeinai, in swikniþai.

     Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (KJV)

The form jundai represents the dative singular. It is uncertain to what noun declension category this word belongs; it is feminine and could be either an i-stem or an ō-stem per the etymologies proposed (for which see above).

• 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs)

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ju(w)unþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276
• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “J14. junda”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 213