wazzar

Old High German

Alternative forms

wazar, wazzer, waszer

Etymology

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

See also Old Dutch and Old Saxon watar, Old English wæter, Old Frisian weter, Old Norse vatn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwas̄.s̄ar/

Noun

wazzar n

water

Declension

Declension of wazzar (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wazzar	wazzar
accusative	wazzar	wazzar
genitive	wazzares	wazzaro
dative	wazzare	wazzarum
instrumental	wazzaru	—

Descendants

Middle High German: waȥȥer
- Alemannic German: Wasser, Wâser
  Alsatian: Wasser, Wâsser, Wàser
  Italian Walser: wasser, wàsser
- Bavarian: Wåsser, Wossa
  Cimbrian: bassar, bazzar
  Gottscheerish: boßər, bàsser
  Mòcheno: bòsser
  Udinese: bosser, bosar, bòsser
- Central Franconian: Wasser, Waßer
  Hunsrik: Wasser, waser
  Transylvanian Saxon: Wåsser
- East Central German:
  Silesian East Central German: Woasser, Wosser, Wasser
  Upper Saxon German: Wassor
- German: Wasser
  - Unserdeutsch: Wasser
- Luxembourgish: Waasser
- Rhine Franconian: Wasser
  Hessian: Wassä
  Pennsylvania German: Wasser
- Vilamovian: wosser, woser
- Yiddish: וואַסער (vaser)

References

Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, second edition
Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

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