watar
Kambera
Noun
watar
- corn
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
- watir, uuatar, uuatir
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Noun
watar n
- 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
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | watar | watar |
| accusative | watar | watar |
| genitive | watris | watro |
| dative | watre, watare | watron |
Alternative forms
- water
- watir
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: wāter
- Dutch: water
- Afrikaans: water
- Javindo: water
- Negerhollands: watu, water, water, waeter
- Petjo: watter
- Skepi Creole Dutch: water
- → Sinhalese: වතුර (watura)
- →? Sranan Tongo: watra
- → Aukan: wataa
- → Saramaccan: wáta
- Limburgish: water
- West Flemish: woater
- Dutch: water
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
- 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)
- He stod imo tho bi enes uuatares staðe, ni uuelde tho bi themu gethringe
Declension
Declension of 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)
- Low German: Water
- Plautdietsch: Wota