Words for family members and other relatives in Gothic (𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰), an East Germanic language spoken in parts of Crimea until the 17th century.
Words marked with an asterisk* are reconstructions not found in any known Gothic texts.
| Gothic | |
|---|---|
| family, house, lineage | 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards) |
| parent, forefather, ancestry, family | 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein) |
| parent | 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌹 (berusi) |
| father | 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta), 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰 (abba), 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar) [ˈfaðar] |
| mother | 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 (aiþei) [ˈɛː.θiː] |
| child | 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (frasts) |
| son | 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (sunus) |
| daughter | 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar) |
| husband, man | 𐌰𐌱𐌰 (aba) [ˈa.βa] |
| wife | 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns) [kʷeːns], 𐌵𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (qeins) |
| brother | 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar) |
| sister | 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 (swistar) |
| nephew | 𐌽𐌹𐍆𐌰 (*nifa) - sister’s son 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (*sauhtar) - brother’s son |
| niece | 𐌽𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 (*nifts) - sister’s daughter |
| cousin (male), kinsman, male relative | 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gadiliggs) 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niþjis) |
| cousin (female), kinswoman, female relative | 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉 (niþjō) |
| son-in-law | 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs) |
| daughter-in-law, bride | 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (brūþs) [bruːθs] |
| widow | 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō), 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐍉𐍅𐍉 (widōwō) |
Information about Gothic | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Tower of Babel | Gothic books
Sources and information about family words in Gothic
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:got:Female_family_members
https://www.academia.edu/12787999/Gothic_Etymological_Dictionary
https://airushimmadaga.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/english-to-gothic-dictionary.pdf
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