From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.
vass n (plural vèssar, diminutive vèssle)
vass
From Old Swedish hvas, from Old Norse hvǫss, hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós.
vass (comparative vassare, superlative vassast)
Inflection of vass | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | vass | vassare | vassast |
Neuter singular | vasst | vassare | vassast |
Plural | vassa | vassare | vassast |
Masculine plural3 | vasse | vassare | vassast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | vasse | vassare | vassaste |
All | vassa | vassare | vassaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
From Old Swedish vas, from Proto-Germanic *wassaz, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”).
vass c