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watar

  1. corn

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

watar n

  1. water
    • UUi lithon thuro fûir in thuro uuatir, in brâhtos unsig an cuolithon
      We went through fire and through water, and you brought us to coolness
    • Visc flot aftar themo watare, verbrustun sina vetherun. Tho gihelida ina use Druhtin: The selvo Druhtin, thie thena visc gihelda, thie gihele that hers theru. Spurihelti. AMEN.
      The fish floats on the water

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  • watar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

watar n

  1. water
    He stod imo tho bi enes uuatares staðe, ni uuelde tho bi themu gethringe
    he stood himself then by the shore, then he did not want to be with the crowd (Heliand, verse 2378)

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  • Middle Low German: wāter
    • Dutch Low Saxon: water (Drents, Twents)
    • Low German: Water
    • Plautdietsch: Wota