Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wulfila

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wul-fi-la
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Arian Gothic bishop (ca. 311–383), who translated the Bible into the Gothic language.

Etymology

From Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*wulfila).

Origin

Source language: Gothic

Word Breakdown

Root: *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰

Inflected Forms

Ulfilas (alternative)

Derived Forms

Wulfilan Ulfilan

Questions

What does wulfila mean?: An Arian Gothic bishop (ca. 311–383), who translated the Bible into the Gothic language.
Where does wulfila come from?: It is traced to Gothic.

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