Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watarweg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *watar +‎ *weg.

Noun edit

*watarweg m

waterway

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*watarweg
Genitive	*watarwegas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*watarweg	watarwegō, watarwegōs
Accusative	*watarweg	*watarwegā
Genitive	*watarwegas	*watarwegō
Dative	*watarwegē	*watarwegum
Instrumental	*watarwegu	*watarwegum

Descendants edit

Old English: wæterweġ
- Middle English: waterwey
  - English: waterway
Old Frisian: weterwei
- Saterland Frisian: Woaterwai
- West Frisian: wetterwei
Old Saxon: *watarweg
- Middle Low German: waterwech, wāterwech
  - Low German: Waterweg
  - → Danish: vandvej (calque)
  - → Swedish: vattenväg (calque)
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: vannvei (calque)
  - →? Dutch: waterweg
    - Afrikaans: waterweg
Old High German: *wazzarweg
- Middle High German: wazzerwec
  - German: Wasserweg