𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Old English wind, Latin ventus (“wind”), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi, “I blow”), Old Church Slavonic вѣтръ (větrŭ, “wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwinds/

Noun

𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 • (winds) m

2. wind (movement of air)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.27:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi jainamma razna, jah gadraus, jah was drus is mikils.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.18:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃.

     iþ marei winda mikilamma waiandin urraisida was.

     And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 4.37:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰.

     jah warþ skura windis mikila jah wēgōs waltidēdun in skip, swaswē ita juþan gafullnōda.

     And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. (KJV).

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 winds	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 windōs
Vocative	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳 wind	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 windōs
Accusative	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳 wind	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 windans
Genitive	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 windis	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌴 windē
Dative	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 winda	𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 windam

Hyponyms

• 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”)

Coordinate terms

• 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 (þeiƕō, “thunder”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni, “lightning”)
• 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰 (milhma, “cloud”)
• 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”)
• 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws, “snow”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐍃 (wis, “calm”)

Related terms

• 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (waian, “to blow”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 175