πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°

Gothic

Etymology

Substantivized from the weak masculine nominative singular of an adjective *πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπƒ (*undarleis, β€œlowest”), of which the first element is πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚ (undar). According to Pokorny, the second element is from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (β€œto bow”), see also Proto-Celtic *olΔ«nā (β€œangle”).[1]

Noun

πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ° β€’ (undarleija) m

  1. (hapax legomenon) the lowest or basest man

Declension

Only the dative singular is attested.

Masculine an-stem
singular plural
nominative πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°
undarleija 		πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πƒ
undarleijans
vocative πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°
undarleija 		πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πƒ
undarleijans
accusative πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½
undarleijan 		πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πƒ
undarleijans
genitive πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒΉπŒ½πƒ
undarleijins 		πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄
undarleijanΔ“
dative πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒΉπŒ½
undarleijin 		πŒΏπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°π‚πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΎπŒ°πŒΌ
undarleijam

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), β€œel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, MΓΌnchen: Francke Verlag, pages 307-309
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