watar

Kambera

Noun

watar

1. corn

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• water, watir

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Old Dutch watar

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

Noun

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

Declension of watar (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	watar	watar
accusative	watar	watar
genitive	watares	wataro
dative	watare	wataron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wāter
  • Dutch: water
    • Afrikaans: water
    • Javindo: water
    • Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
    • Petjo: watter
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: water
    • →? Sranan Tongo: watra (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: water
  • West Flemish: woater

Further reading

• “watar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

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

watar (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	watar	watar
accusative	watar	watar
genitive	watres	watrō
dative	watre	watrum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

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