Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. · The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. · A serving of liquid water. · The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water From Middle English water, from Old English wæter (“water”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognates * Scots watter (“water”) * Yola wadher, waudher (“water”) * North Frisian waar, weeder, weeter, woar, woor, wååder, wåår (“water”) * Saterland Frisian Woater (“water”) * West Frisian wetter (“water”) * Cimbrian bassar, bazzar (“water”) * Dutch water (“water”) * Afrikaans water (“water”) * Dutch Low Saxon water, wotter (“water”) * German Wasser (“water”) * German Low German Water, Woter (“water”) * Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser (“water”) * Limburgish Waater, water (“water”) * Luxembourgish Waasser (“water”) * Mòcheno bòsser (“water”) * Vilamovian woser (“water”) * West Flemish woater (“water”) * Yiddish וואַסער (vaser, “water”) * Danish vand (“water”) * Elfdalian wattn (“water”) * Faroese vatn (“water”) * Icelandic vatn (“water”) * Norwegian Nynorsk vatn (“water”) * Norwegian Bokmål vann (“water”) * Swedish vatten (“water”) * Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō, “water”) * Old Irish coin fodorne (“otters”, literally “water-dogs”) * Latin unda (“wave”) * Lithuanian vanduõ (“water”) * Polish woda (“water”) * Russian вода́ (vodá, “water”) * Albanian ujë (“water”) * Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) * Armenian գետ (get, “river”) * Sanskrit उदन् (udán, “wave, water”) * Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar, “water”)
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*wed-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwaterenm
- Inherited-form mentionwæterang · water
- Inherited-form mention*watargmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*watōrgem-pro · water
- Inherited-form mention*wódr̥ine-pro · water
- Cognate mentionwattersco · water
- Cognate mentionwadher,waudheryol · water
- Cognate mentionwaar,weeder,weeter,woar,woor,wååder,wåårfrr · water
- Cognate mentionWoaterstq · water
- Cognate mentionwetterfy · water
- Cognate mentionbassar,bazzarcim · water
- Cognate mentionwaternl · water
- Cognate mentionwateraf · water
- Cognate mentionWasserde · water
- Cognate mentionboßər,bàssergmw-gts · water
- Cognate mentionWaater,waterli · water
- Cognate mentionWaasserlb · water
- Cognate mentionbòssermhn · water
- Cognate mentionwoserwym · water
- Cognate mentionwoatervls · water
- Cognate mentionוואַסערyi · water
- Cognate mentionvandda · water
- Cognate mentionwattnovd · water
- Cognate mentionvatnfo · water
- Cognate mentionvatnis · water
- Cognate mentionvatnnn · water
- Cognate mentionvannnb · water
- Cognate mentionvattensv · water
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉got · water
- Cognate mentioncoin fodornesga
- Cognate mentionundala · wave
- Cognate mentionvanduõlt · water
- Cognate mentionwodapl · water
- Cognate mentionвода́ru · water
- Cognate mentionujësq · water
- Cognate mentionὕδωρgrc · water
- Cognate mentionգետhy · river
- Cognate mentionउदन्sa · wave, water
- Cognate mention𒉿𒀀𒋻hit · water
This page abbreviates 15 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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