𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hitǭ, a variant of *hitjō ~ *hitjǭ (“heating”); compare *haitį̄ (“heat”). Cognate with Old Norse hita, Old High German hizza, Old English hitt.

Noun

𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 • (heitō) f

1. fever

   Synonym: 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 (brinnō)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 8:14:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 I𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 P𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍈 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌽 𐌹𐍃 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌼.

     jah qimands Iēsus in garda Paitraus, jah gasaƕ swaihrōn is ligandein in heitōm.

     And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 8:15:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌺 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐍉 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰.

     jah attaitōk handau izōs jah aflailōt ija sō heitō; jah urrais jah andbahtida imma.

     And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 heitō	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 heitōns
Vocative	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 heitō	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 heitōns
Accusative	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 heitōn	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 heitōns
Genitive	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 heitōns	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍉 heitōnō
Dative	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 heitōn	𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌼 heitōm

Further reading

• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xit(j)ō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173