vatter

Old Swedish

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”).

Noun

vatter m

1. a witness, eyewitness

Declension

Declension of vātter (u-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vātter	vāttrin	vātti(r), -e(r)	vāttini(r), -ene(r)
accusative	vātt	vāttin	vātti, -e	vāttina, -ena
dative	vātti, -e	vāttinum, -enom	vāttum, -om	vāttumin, -omen
genitive	vātta(r)	vāttsins	vātta	vāttanna