wazzar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• wazar, wazzer, waszer

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of *wódr̥.

See also Old Dutch and Old Saxon watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old Norse vatn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwas̄.s̄ar/

Noun

wazzar n

1. water

Declension

Declension of wazzar (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wazzar	wazzar
accusative	wazzar	wazzar
genitive	wazzares	wazzaro
dative	wazzare	wazzarum
instrumental	wazzaru	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: waȥȥer
  • Alemannic German: Wasser, Wâser

    Alsatian: Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser

    Italian Walser: wasser, wàsser

  • Bavarian: Wåsser, Wossa

    Cimbrian: bassar, bazzar

    Gottscheerish: boßər, bàsser

    Mòcheno: bòsser

    Udinese: bosser, bosar, bòsser

  • Central Franconian: Wasser, Waßer

    Hunsrik: Wasser, waser

    Transylvanian Saxon: Wåsser

  • East Central German:

    Silesian East Central German: Woasser, Wosser, Wasser

    Upper Saxon German: Wassor

  • German: Wasser
    • Unserdeutsch: Wasser
  • Luxembourgish: Waasser
  • Rhine Franconian: Wasser

    Hessian: Wassä

    Pennsylvania German: Wasser

  • Vilamovian: wosser, woser
  • Yiddish: וואַסער (vaser)

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, second edition
2. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014