vatn
Faroese
/vaʰtn/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) water (H₂O)
- (nautical) sea
- body fluid
- lake
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse vatn (water) derived from Proto-Germanic *watōr (water) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wódr̥
Gloss
water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hadrian English
- Utus Latin
- unda Latin
- water Dutch, Flemish
- ὕδρα Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wédōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- vann Norwegian Bokmål
- *watōr Proto-Germanic
- vatten Swedish
- vatn Norwegian Nynorsk
- उदक Sanskrit
- Yggdrasill Old Norse
- jǫklavatn Old Norse
- jǫkulvatn Old Norse
- vatn Old Norse
- *voda Proto-Slavic
- *vědro Proto-Slavic
- vatn Icelandic
- wazzar Old High German
- wazzar, waʒʒar Old High German
- dropi Faroese
- oknagras Faroese
- vatnaoknagras Faroese
- vatndropi Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 Gothic
- *watar gmw-pro
- watar Old Dutch
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *udá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vâtn Westrobothnian
- weter Old Frisian
- wódka Lower Sorbian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- watn Old Danish
- wattn Elfdalian
- 𒉿𒀀𒋻 Hittite
- vann Scanian
- *wär Proto-Tocharian
- wundan Old Prussian
- 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 Umbrian
- βέδυ Phrygian
- *adur Illyrian
- *watar gmw