Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *watōr.

Noun

*watar n^[1]

water

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*watar
Genitive	*wataras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*watar	*wataru
Accusative	*watar	*wataru
Genitive	*wataras	*watarō
Dative	*watarē	*watarum
Instrumental	*wataru	*watarum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: wæter
- Middle English: water, watere, watir, waterre
  - English: water (see there for further descendants)
  - Geordie English: watter, wetter
  - Scots: watter
  - Yola: waudher, wadher
Old Frisian: weter, water, wetir
- North Frisian: weeter, woar, waer, waar
  Föhr-Amrum: weeder
  Mooring: wååder
- Saterland Frisian: Woater
- West Frisian: wetter
Old Saxon: watar
- Middle Low German: wāter
  - Dutch Low Saxon: water (Drents, Twents)
  - Low German: Water
  - Plautdietsch: Wota
Old Dutch: watar, watir, uuatar, uuatir
- Middle Dutch: wāter
  - Dutch: water
    - Afrikaans: water
    - Javindo: water
    - Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
    - Petjo: watter
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: water
    - →? Sranan Tongo: watra
      - → Aukan: wataa
      - → Saramaccan: wáta
  - Limburgish: water
  - West Flemish: woater
Old High German: wazzar, wazar, wazzer, waszer
- Middle High German: waȥȥer
  - Alemannic German: Wasser, Wâser
    Alsatian: Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser
    Italian Walser: wasser, wàsser
  - Bavarian: Wåsser, Wossa
    Cimbrian: bassar, bazzar (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)
    Gottscheerish: boßər, bàsser
    Mòcheno: bòsser
    Udinese: bosser, bosar, bòsser
  - Central Franconian: Wasser, Waßer
    - Hunsrik: Wasser
    - Luxembourgish: Waasser
    - Transylvanian Saxon: Wåsser, Wosser (Sibiu), Wauesser (Brașov)
  - East Central German:
    Silesian East Central German: Woasser, Wosser, Wasser
    Upper Saxon German: Wassor
  - German: Wasser
    - Unserdeutsch: Wasser
  - Rhine Franconian: Wasser
    Hessian: Wassä
    Pennsylvania German: Wasser
  - Vilamovian: wosser, woser
  - Yiddish: וואַסער (vaser)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *watar”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *watar”

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