wàsser

See also: wasser, Wasser, wässer, Wässer, Wàsser, Wâsser, and Wåsser

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser, Wàsser (Alsatian)
• Wasser (Basel)
• Wâser (Dunzenheim)
• wasser (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

Noun

wàsser n

1. (Rimella and Campello Monti) water

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien