wazzar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• waȥar, waȥȥer, wasȥer

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Germanic *watōr

Proto-West Germanic *watar

Old High German wazzar

From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wédōr, collective of *wódr̥.

See also Old Dutch and Old Saxon watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old Norse vatn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwas.sar/

Noun

waȥȥar n

1. water

Declension

Declension of waȥȥar (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	waȥȥar	waȥȥar
accusative	waȥȥar	waȥȥar
genitive	waȥȥares	waȥȥaro
dative	waȥȥare	waȥȥarum
instrumental	waȥȥaru	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: waȥȥer
  • Alemannic German: Wasser, Wâser

    Alsatian: Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser

    Italian Walser: wasser, wàsser

  • Bavarian: Wåsser, Wossa

    Cimbrian: bassar, bazzar (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

    Gottscheerish: boßər, bàsser

    Mòcheno: bòsser

    Udinese: bosser, bosar, bòsser

  • Central Franconian: Wasser, Waßer
    • Hunsrik: Wasser
    • Luxembourgish: Waasser
    • Transylvanian Saxon: Wåsser, Wosser (Sibiu), Wauesser (Brașov)
  • East Central German:

    Silesian East Central German: Woasser, Wosser, Wasser

    Upper Saxon German: Wassor

  • German: Wasser
    • Unserdeutsch: Wasser
  • Rhine Franconian: Wasser

    Hessian: Wassä

    Pennsylvania German: Wasser

  • Vilamovian: wosser, woser
  • Yiddish: וואַסער (vaser)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎, second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition