vottur

See also: vøttur and vöttur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse váttr (“evidence, witness”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtaz (“speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtos (“voice, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, to sound out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔhtʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɔhtʏr

Noun

vottur m (genitive singular votts, nominative plural vottar)

1. witness, eyewitness
2. sign, trace

Declension

declension of vottur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vottur	votturinn	vottar	vottarnir
accusative	vott	vottinn	votta	vottana
dative	votti	vottinum	vottum	vottunum
genitive	votts	vottsins	votta	vottanna

Derived terms

• vottorð
• Vottar Jehóva