From Proto-Germanic *-รพuz. The related suffix *-ลรพuz is marginally attested in Gothic; only ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐๐บ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ (manniskลdus) appears to match completely, although ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ (gabaurjลรพus), ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ท๐พ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ (auhjลdus), ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ (gaunลรพus) and ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ (wratลdus) also could be interpreted as containing that suffix instead of bare -รพus.
This suffix is sometimes said to not have been productive in Gothic anymore, meaning that any word in which it is found would have to be an inherited term from Proto-Germanic.
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | -๐ธ๐ฟ๐ -รพus |
-๐ธ๐พ๐ฟ๐ -รพjus |
| Vocative | -๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ -รพau |
-๐ธ๐พ๐ฟ๐ -รพjus |
| Accusative | -๐ธ๐ฟ -รพu |
-๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ -รพuns |
| Genitive | -๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ -รพaus |
-๐ธ๐น๐
๐ด -รพiwฤ |
| Dative | -๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ -รพau |
-๐ธ๐ฟ๐ผ -รพum |