weter

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• water, wetir

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Old Frisian weter

From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr.

Noun

weter n

1. water

Descendants

• North Frisian: weeter, woar, waer, waar

  Föhr-Amrum: weeder

  Mooring: wååder

• Saterland Frisian: Woater
• West Frisian: wetter