πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°

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Gothic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin leō. Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff reconstructed the term in 2013 as *liwa before being aware of its attestation (which was discovered as a genitive plural laiwanΔ“ in the Gothica Bononiensia, first published around that very time), attributing the Slavic forms to a Gothic intermediary based on a hypothetical i-vocalism as she thought would be expected from a Gothic term derived from leō. The form laiwa is not an entirely certain reading due to the poor legibility of the manuscript; the correct reading may still be liwa, but Falluomini (2017) favours the form with -ai-.

Some Gothic given names attested in Latinized form may also contain this term. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. this does not look like the regular outcome expected from a direct borrowing of leō

Pronunciation

Noun

πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ° β€’ (laiwam

  1. (hapax) lion (animal)
    • 6th century, anonymous author, folio 1 verso (after Falluomini 2017) of the Gothica Bononiensia sermon (referring here to Daniel 6:22, 27):
      ... 𐌸𐌿𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌴𐌻 πŒΏπƒ 𐌱[𐌰]πŒ»πŒΎπ‰πŒ½πŒ³πŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄ πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄ 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 πŒΌπŒ°πŒ½π…πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄ 𐌳𐌿 π†π‚πŒ°πƒπŒ»πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³πŒ°πŒ½ πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ°πƒπŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πƒ.
      ... ΓΎuei daniΔ“l us b[a]ljōndanΔ“ laiwanΔ“ munΓΎam manwjanΔ“ du fraslindan ganasidΔ“s.
      You who saved Daniel from the mouths of roaring lions ready to devour

Declension

May theoretically have been either masculine or neuter, but as Latin leō and Koine Greek λέων (léōn) are both masculine, the Gothic term is probably masculine as well.

Masculine an-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°
laiwa
πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
laiwans
Vocative πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°
laiwa
πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
laiwans
Accusative πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½
laiwan
πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
laiwans
Genitive πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
laiwins
πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄
laiwanΔ“
Dative πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒΉπŒ½
laiwin
πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπ…πŒ°πŒΌ
laiwam

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • β†’ Proto-Slavic: *lьvъ (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

  • Carla Falluomini, "Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen", Zeitschrift fΓΌr deutsches Altertum und Literatur 146.3 (2017) pp. 284-294.
  • Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic, Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, β†’ISBN