watar

Kambera

Noun

watar

  1. corn

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

    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

    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