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Kambera

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Noun

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watar

  1. corn

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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

    Noun

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    watar n

    1. water
      • UUi lithon thuro fûir in thuro uuatir, in brâhtos unsig an cuolithon
        We went through fire and through water, and you brought us to coolness
      • Visc flot aftar themo watare, verbrustun sina vetherun. Tho gihelida ina use Druhtin: The selvo Druhtin, thie thena visc gihelda, thie gihele that hers theru. Spurihelti. AMEN.
        The fish floats on the water

    Inflection

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    Alternative forms

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    Descendants

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    Further reading

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    • watar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Old Saxon

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    Etymology

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

    Noun

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    watar n

    1. water
      He stod imo tho bi enes uuatares staðe, ni uuelde tho bi themu gethringe
      he stood himself then by the shore, then he did not want to be with the crowd (Heliand, verse 2378)

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Middle Low German: wāter
      • Dutch Low Saxon: water (Drents, Twents)
      • Low German: Water
      • Plautdietsch: Wota