Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/watōr
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wédōr ~ *wednés, leveled collective of *wódr̥ ~ *udéns (“water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*watōr n
Inflection
[edit]The original heteroclitic alternation of r/n was preserved. The plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix, and are like those of a neuter a-stem noun.
heteroclitic, irregularDeclension of *watōr (heteroclitic, irregular) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *watōr | *watnō | |
vocative | *watōr | *watnō | |
accusative | *watōr | *watnō | |
genitive | *watiniz | *watnǫ̂ | |
dative | *watini | *watnamaz | |
instrumental | *watinē | *watnamiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *watar
- Old English: wæter
- Old Frisian: weter, water, wetir
- Old Saxon: watar
- Old Dutch: watar, watir, uuatar, uuatir
- Old High German: wazzar, wazar, wazzer, waszer
- Old Norse: vatn
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō)
Further reading
[edit]- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197
Categories:
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-
- Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Proto-Germanic lemmas
- Proto-Germanic nouns
- Proto-Germanic neuter nouns
- Proto-Germanic irregular nouns
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