𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *atiska- (“grainfield”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), related to Latin ador (“spelt”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).

Germanic cognates include Old High German ezzisc (German Esch), Old Saxon etisk, Middle Dutch esch (Dutch es).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tisk/

Noun

𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 • (atisk) ? (accusative singular, uncountable)

1. cornfields, cropland
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:1:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼.

     jah warþ in sabbatō anþaramma frumin gaggan imma þairh atisk, jah raupidēdun ahsa sipōnjōs is jah matidēdun bnauandans handum.

     And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 2:23:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰.

     jah warþ þairhgaggan imma sabbatō daga þairh atisk, jah dugunnun sipōnjōs is skēwjandans raupjan ahsa.

     And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. (KJV)

Declension

Attested only as an accusative singular. Lehmann suggests that the word is neuter, but this is not certain; another possibility is that the attested accusative singular reflects a masculine a-stem *𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (*atisks). Due to this uncertainty, no inflection table is given here.

Hypernyms

• 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 (akrs, “field”)

Meronyms

• 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis, “wheat”)

See also

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

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 13