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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wētaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wētaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_wed" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*wed-</orth>
          <def>water, wet</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_wetaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wētaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>wētaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwɛː.tɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᛖᛏᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>wet</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Vṛddhi derivative from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_wed"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_wed">*wed-</ref></mentioned> (‘water, wet’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>wētaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>wētaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>wētaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>wētammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>wētōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>wētammiz</orth>
            </form>
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            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*wāt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>wet, wit</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>verwetten, wetheit</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wǣt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>wāt, wēt, weet</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>weet</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>weet, weit</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*wāt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>wēt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>weet, wiat, wäit</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>wäit</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>wiet</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vátr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>vátur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>votur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>våt</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vátr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>wātær</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>våd</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vátr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>vāter</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>våt</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
        </entry>
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