*watōr

Runic: ᚹᚨᛏᛟᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.tɔːr/

noun · neuter · irregular

Meanings

water

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wédōr ~ *wednés, leveled collective of *wódr̥ ~ *udéns (‘water’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.watōrwatnō
Acc.watōrwatnō
Gen.watinizwatnǫ̂
Dat.watiniwatnamaz
Inst.watinēwatnamiz
Voc.watōrwatnō

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Descendants

  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • watar, water, watir (Old Dutch)
      • wāter (Middle Dutch)
        • water (Limburgish)
        • woater (West Flemish)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • watar, water, watir (Old Dutch)
      • wāter (Middle Dutch)
        • water (Dutch)
          • water (Afrikaans)
          • water (Javindo)
          • watu, water, waeter (Negerhollands)
          • watter (Petjo)
          • water (Skepi Creole Dutch)
          • watra (Sranan Tongo)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wæter (Old English)
      • water, watere, watir, waterre (Middle English)
        • water (English)
        • watter, wetter (Geordie)
        • watter (Scots)
        • waudher, wadher (Yola)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weter, water, wetir (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Woater (Saterland Frisian)
      • wetter (West Frisian)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • waȥȥar, waȥar, waȥȥer, wasȥer (Old High German)
      • waȥȥer (Middle High German)
        • Wasser, Wâser (Alemannic German)
        • Wåsser, Wossa (Bavarian)
        • ? (East Central German)
        • Wasser (Rhine Franconian)
        • wosser, woser (Vilamovian)
        • וואַסער (vaser) (Yiddish)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • waȥȥar, waȥar, waȥȥer, wasȥer (Old High German)
      • waȥȥer (Middle High German)
        • Wasser, Waßer (Central Franconian)
          • Wasser (Hunsrik)
          • Waasser (Luxembourgish)
          • Wåsser, Wosser, Wauesser (Transylvanian Saxon)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • waȥȥar, waȥar, waȥȥer, wasȥer (Old High German)
      • waȥȥer (Middle High German)
        • Wasser (German)
          • Wasser (Unserdeutsch)
  • *watar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • watar (Old Saxon)
      • wāter (Middle Low German)
        • water (Dutch Low Saxon)
        • Water (German Low German)
        • Wota (Plautdietsch)
  • vatn (Old Norse)
    • wattn (Elfdalian)
    • vatn (Faroese)
    • vattn (Gutnish)
    • vatn (Icelandic)
    • vatn (Norn)
    • vann (Scanian)
  • vatn (Old Norse)
    • watn, wan, wand (Old Danish)
      • vand (Danish)
        • vann (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • vatr (Old Norse)
    • wattn (Elfdalian)
    • vatn (Faroese)
    • vattn (Gutnish)
    • vatn (Icelandic)
    • vatn (Norn)
    • vann (Scanian)
  • vatr (Old Norse)
    • watn, wan, wand (Old Danish)
      • vand (Danish)
        • vann (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō) (Gothic)

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