𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *watōr, the stem of which alternated between ending in -r and -n. Note that the stem in Gothic has undergone some changes, losing the final -r in the nominative and accusative singular (presumably to resemble the inflection of neuter an-stem nouns more closely). The contracted plurals, however, are preserved. Gothic also preserves the alternate -n stem for the oblique cases; this contrasts with both the West Germanic languages, which instead regularized the -r stem (cf. Old English wæter, genitive wæteres), and the North Germanic languages, which extended the -n stem to the nominative and accusative cases (cf. Old Norse vatn).

Noun

𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 • (watō) n

1. water

Declension