wæter

Old English

Alternative forms

water, ƿæter

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

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wæter	wæter
accusative	wæter	wæter
genitive	wæt(e)res	wæt(e)ra
dative	wæt(e)re	wæt(e)rum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: water, watere, watir, waterre
- English: water
- Scots: wattir, watir
- Yola: waudher

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