Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *watōr.

Noun

*watar n

1. water

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*watar
Genitive	*wataras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*watar	*wataru
Accusative	*watar	*wataru
Genitive	*wataras	*watarō
Dative	*watarē	*watarum
Instrumental	*wataru	*watarum

Derived terms

• *watarīg
• *watarōn
• *watarweg

Descendants

• Old English: wæter
  • Middle English: water, watere, watir, waterre
    • English: water (see there for further descendants)
    • Geordie English: watter, wetter
    • Scots: watter
    • Yola: waudher, wadher
• Old Frisian: weter, water, wetir
  • North Frisian: weeter, woar, waer, waar

    Föhr-Amrum: weeder

    Mooring: wååder

  • Saterland Frisian: Woater
  • West Frisian: wetter
• Old Saxon: watar
  • Middle Low German: wāter
    • Dutch Low Saxon: water (Drents, Twents)
    • Low German: Water
    • Plautdietsch: Wota
• Old Dutch: watar, watir, uuatar, uuatir
  • Middle Dutch: wāter
    • Dutch: water
      • Afrikaans: water
      • Javindo: water
      • Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
      • Petjo: watter
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: water
      • →? Sranan Tongo: watra
        • → Aukan: wataa
        • → Saramaccan: wáta
    • Limburgish: water
    • West Flemish: woater
• Old High German: wazzar, wazar, wazzer, waszer
  • Middle High German: waȥȥer
    • Alemannic German: Wasser, Wâser

      Alsatian: Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser

      Italian Walser: wasser, wàsser

    • Bavarian: Wåsser, Wossa

      Cimbrian: bassar, bazzar (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

      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)