𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 30 June 2014

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow, slope”). Cognate with Old English wang, wong, Old Saxon wang, Old High German -wang, Old Norse vangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋɡs/

Noun

𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 • (waggs) m

1. (Christianity) paradise
   • 6th century, Codex Ambrosianus, Corinthians II 12:4:

     𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌹̈𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰, 𐌸𐍉𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽.

     þatei frawulwans warþ ïn wagg jah hausida unqēþja waurda, þōei ni skulda sind mann rōdjan.

     How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 waggs	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉𐍃 waggōs
Vocative	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲 wagg	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉𐍃 waggōs
Accusative	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲 wagg	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 waggans
Genitive	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐍃 waggis	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴 waggē
Dative	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 wagga	𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌼 waggam

Descendants

• →? Albanian: fëng／fang (“infertile land”)

References

• 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 in Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill.