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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wētaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wed- (water, wet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.tɑz/

Adjective

*wētaz

  1. wet

Inflection


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Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wāt
    • Old English: wǣt
    • Old Frisian: wēt
    • >? Old Dutch: *wāt
      • Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)
        • Middle Dutch: verwetten
        • Middle Dutch: wetheit
  • Old Norse: vátr
    • Icelandic: votur
    • Faroese: vátur
    • Norwegian: våt
    • Old Swedish: vāter
    • Old Danish: wātær
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