vottur

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See also: vøttur, and vöttur

Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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vottur m (genitive singular votts, nominative plural vottar)

  1. witness, eyewitness
  2. sign, trace

Declension

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    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

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