vottur

See also: vøttur and vöttur

Icelandic

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔhtʏr/
Rhymes: -ɔhtʏr

Noun

vottur m (genitive singular votts, nominative plural vottar)

witness, eyewitness
sign, trace

Declension

declension of vottur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	vottur	votturinn	vottar	vottarnir
accusative	vott	vottinn	votta	vottana
dative	votti	vottinum	vottum	vottunum
genitive	votts	vottsins	votta	vottanna

Derived terms

vottorð
Vottar Jehóva

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