πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπ†π‚πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°πƒ

Gothic

Etymology

From πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒ° (sunja, β€œtruth”) +β€Ž *π†π‚πŒΉπŒΈπŒΏπƒ (*friΓΎus, β€œpeace”). Why the attested form ends in -as is unclear, but compare the similarly non-Ulfilan form π†π‚πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΊπŒ΄πŒΉπƒ (friΓΎareikeis); this may be due to dialectal differences between Ulfilan Gothic and Ostrogothic.

Proper noun

πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπ†π‚πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°πƒ β€’ (sunjaifriΓΎas) m

  1. a male given name
    • Naples Deed, c. 550:
      𐌹𐌺 πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπ†π‚πŒΉπŒΈπŒ°πƒ πŒ³πŒΉπŒ°πŒΊπ‰πŒ½ 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 πŒΏπ†πŒΌπŒ΄πŒ»πŒΉπŒ³πŒ° 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌼 πƒπŒΊπŒΉπŒ»πŒ»πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ ·𐌾· ...
      ik sunjaifriΓΎas diakōn handau meinai ufmΔ“lida jah andnΔ“mum skilliggans Β·jΒ· ...
      I, SunjaifriΓΎas the deacon, signed by hand, and we received sixty shillings ...

Descendants

  • β†’ Latin: Sunifredus, Suniefredus
  • β†’ Catalan: Sunifred
  • β†’ Spanish: Seniofredo, Sunifredo
  • β†’ English: Suniefred

Further reading

  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 132
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