𒉿𒀀𒋻

Hittite

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Related to Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒅈𒊭.

Bedřich Hrozný, who deciphered Hittite in 1917, said that seeing this word and knowing German Wasser made him realize Hittite was Indo-European.^[1]

Noun

𒉿𒀀𒋻 • (wa-a-tar)

water
- Said to be the first Hittite sentence translated by Hrozný:
  𒉡 𒃻𒀭 𒂊𒄑𒍝𒀜𒋼𒉌 𒉿𒀀𒋻𒈠 𒂊𒆪𒌓𒋼𒉌
  nu NINDA-an e-ez-za-at-te-ni wa-a-tar-ma e-ku-ut-te-ni.
  [now] bread you shall eat, and water you shall drink.

Inflection

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abs_pl_ipa=witáːr
abs_sg_ipa=wáːtr̩
ins_sg_ipa=witántː, witɛ́nitː
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Broad transcription
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
absolutive	wātar	witār
absolutive
ergative	witenz(a)	witenantes
ergative
genitive	witenaš	witenaš
genitive
dative-locative	witeni	witenaš
dative-locative
allative	witena	–
allative
ablative	witenaz(a)	witenaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	witanta, witenit	witanta, witenit
instrumental

Cuneiform
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
absolutive	𒉿𒀀𒋻	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀀𒅈
absolutive	wa-a-tar	ú-i-ta-a-ar
ergative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀭𒍝	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀭𒋼𒌍
ergative	ú-i-te-na-an-za	ú-i-te-na-an-te-eš
genitive	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸
genitive	ú-i-te-na-aš	ú-i-te-na-aš
dative-locative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒂊𒉌	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸
dative-locative	ú-i-te-e-ni	ú-i-te-na-aš
allative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾	–
allative	ú-i-te-na
ablative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒊍	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒊍
ablative	ú-i-te-na-az	ú-i-te-na-az
instrumental	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀭𒋫, 𒌑𒄿𒋼𒉌𒀉	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀭𒋫, 𒌑𒄿𒋼𒉌𒀉
instrumental	ú-i-ta-an-ta, ú-i-te-ni-it	ú-i-ta-an-ta, ú-i-te-ni-it
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

References

^ Buck, C. D. (1920) “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology‎^[1], volume 15, number 2, pages 189–90

𒉿𒀀𒋻

Contents

Hittite

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

References

Further reading