𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Green (1998), from a continental Celtic etymon *sepānios ("follower"), an agent noun from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”).^[1]

Noun

𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (siponeis) m

follower, disciple, student
Synonym: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 (galaista)

Declension

Masculine ja-stem
	singular	plural
nominative	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 sipōneis	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 sipōnjōs
vocative	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌹 sipōni	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 sipōnjōs
accusative	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌹 sipōni	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 sipōnjans
genitive	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 sipōneis	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌴 sipōnjē
dative	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰 sipōnja	𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 sipōnjam

Derived terms

𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sipōnjan)

References

^ Dennis Green, Language and History in the Early Germanic World (Cambridge 1998) pp. 156-157.

[1] Dennis Green, Language and History in the Early Germanic World (Cambridge 1998) pp. 156-157.

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