wæter

Old English

Alternative forms

water

Etymology

From West Germanic *watar, Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (genitive *wedn-ós (“of water”)), from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *wed-. Compare Old Dutch and Old Saxon watar, Old Frisian weter, Old High German wazzar, Old Norse vatn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwæter/

Noun

wæter n

water

Declension

Declension of wæter (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wæter	wæter
accusative	wæter	wæter
genitive	wæteres	wætera
dative	wætere	wæterum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: water
- English: water
  - Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: wata
  - Aukan: wataa
  - Belizean Creole: waata
  - Bislama: wota
  - Cameroon Pidgin: wata
  - Catalan: vàter
  - Grenadian Creole English: wata
  - Gullah: wata
  - Islander Creole English: waata
  - Jamaican Creole: wata

- - Krio: wata
  - Kriol: woda
  - Nicaraguan Creole: wáta
  - Pichinglis: wàtá
  - Pijin: wata
  - Pitcairn-Norfolk: worta
  - Saramaccan: wáta
  - Spanish: váter
  - Sranan Tongo: watra
  - Tok Pisin: wara
- Scots: wattir, watir
- Yola: waudher

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