πŒ²πŒΉπƒπ„π‚πŒ°πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπƒ

Gothic

Etymology

From πŒ²πŒΉπƒπ„π‚πŒ°- (gistra-, compare yester-) +β€Ž *πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπƒ (*dagis, β€œby day”, adverbial form of πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πƒ (dags)). Alternatively, the compound may be an adverbial form of an unattested noun *πŒ²πŒΉπƒπ„π‚πŒ°πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πƒ (*gistradags, β€œtomorrow”) +β€Ž -πŒΉπƒ (-is).

The first element, which usually points to a preceding day (and not a following day, as in Gothic), has attracted some scholarly attention. It has been suggested that the meaning in Gothic shifted from β€œyesterday” to β€œadjacent day”, and thence to its singly attested meaning of β€œtomorrow” in Gothic. Compare also the use of the etymologically related Old Norse gΓ¦r (which normally means β€œyesterday”) to indicate β€œtomorrow” in HamΓ°ismΓ‘l 30:6.

Adverb

πŒ²πŒΉπƒπ„π‚πŒ°πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒΉπƒ β€’ (gistradagis)

  1. (hapax) tomorrow

References
  • Lehmann, W., A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (Leiden 1986) p. 156.
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