𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rōhsniz, possibly from *rōkijaną (“to attend to, care for”) + *-(s)niz (nominal suffix), literally, “protected thing”, though the form would have to be analogical (one would expect *𐍂𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (*rōkns)).^[1] See also Old English neorxnawang.

Noun

𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 • (rōhsns) f

courtyard

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	singular	plural
nominative	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 rōhsns	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 rōhsneis
vocative	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽 rōhsn	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 rōhsneis
accusative	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽 rōhsn	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 rōhsnins
genitive	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃 rōhsnais	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌴 rōhsnē
dative	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹 rōhsnai	𐍂𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼 rōhsnim

References

^ Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “R29. *rohsns”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 287

[1] Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “R29. *rohsns”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 287

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