πŒ°π„π„πŒ°

See also: Appendix:Variations of "atta"

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *attΓ΄, from Proto-Indo-European *Γ‘tta, whence also Old High German atto (Middle High German atte, Southern German Γ„tti), archaic Dutch ette (β€œjudge”).

Noun

πŒ°π„π„πŒ° β€’ (atta) m

  1. father

Usage notes

Interestingly, this noun – which is more marginal in other Germanic languages – is by far the most common word for father in the attested Gothic texts. The synonym π†πŒ°πŒ³πŒ°π‚ (fadar) (the cognates of which are common in other Germanic languages) occurs only once in the entire corpus, versus several hundred occurrences of πŒ°π„π„πŒ°.

Declension

Masculine an-stem
singular plural
nominative πŒ°π„π„πŒ°
atta 		πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
attans
vocative πŒ°π„π„πŒ°
atta 		πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
attans
accusative πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒ½
attan 		πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒ½πƒ
attans
genitive πŒ°π„π„πŒΉπŒ½πƒ
attins 		πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒ½πŒ΄
attanΔ“
dative πŒ°π„π„πŒΉπŒ½
attin 		πŒ°π„π„πŒ°πŒΌ
attam

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • *πŒ°π„π„πŒΉπŒ»πŒ° (*attila) (uncertain; cf. Attila on Wikipedia)
    • β†’ Ancient Greek: αΌˆΟ„Ο„Ξ―Ξ»Ξ± (AttΓ­la)
    • β†’ Latin: Attila
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