Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watar
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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
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *watōr.
Noun
*watar n[1]
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
- Old Frisian: weter, water, wetir
- Old Saxon: watar
- Old Dutch: watar, watir, uuatar, uuatir
- Old High German: wazzar, wazar, wazzer, waszer
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”