From Proto-Indo-European *wรณdrฬฅ (โwaterโ). Related to Luwian ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ญ.
Bedลich Hroznรฝ, who deciphered Hittite in 1917, said that seeing this word and knowing German Wasser made him realize Hittite was Indo-European.[1]
๐ฟ๐๐ป โข (wa-a-tar)
IPA=witษฬ abs_pl_ipa=witรกหr abs_sg_ipa=wรกหtrฬฉ ins_sg_ipa=witรกntห, witษฬnitหPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
| Broad transcription | ||
|---|---|---|
| heteroclitic noun | ||
| Neuter gender | Singular | Plural |
| absolutive | wฤtar | witฤr |
| ergative | witenz(a) | witenantes |
| genitive | witenaลก | witenaลก |
| dative-locative | witeni | witenaลก |
| allative | witena | โ |
| ablative | witenaz(a) | witenaz(a) |
| instrumental | witanta, witenit | witanta, witenit |
| Cuneiform | ||
|---|---|---|
| heteroclitic noun | ||
| Neuter gender | Singular | Plural |
| absolutive | ๐ฟ๐๐ป | ๐๐ฟ๐ซ๐๐ |
| wa-a-tar | รบ-i-ta-a-ar | |
| ergative | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ญ๐ | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ญ๐ผ๐ |
| รบ-i-te-na-an-za | รบ-i-te-na-an-te-eลก | |
| genitive | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ธ | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ธ |
| รบ-i-te-na-aลก | รบ-i-te-na-aลก | |
| dative-locative | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ธ |
| รบ-i-te-e-ni | รบ-i-te-na-aลก | |
| allative | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ | โ |
| รบ-i-te-na | ||
| ablative | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ | ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐พ๐ |
| รบ-i-te-na-az | รบ-i-te-na-az | |
| instrumental | ๐๐ฟ๐ซ๐ญ๐ซ, ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ | ๐๐ฟ๐ซ๐ญ๐ซ, ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ |
| รบ-i-ta-an-ta, รบ-i-te-ni-it | รบ-i-ta-an-ta, รบ-i-te-ni-it | |
| The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension | ||