Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watar
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Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *watōr.
Noun
[edit]*watar n[1]
Inflection
[edit]Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *watar | |
Genitive | *wataras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *watar | *wataru |
Accusative | *watar | *wataru |
Genitive | *wataras | *watarō |
Dative | *watarē | *watarum |
Instrumental | *wataru | *watarum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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”