"wāt" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See wāt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *wētaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*wētaz}} Proto-Germanic *wētaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective}} *wāt Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wāt [masculine, nominative, singular], wātu [feminine, nominative, singular], wāt [neuter, nominative, singular], wātanā [accusative, masculine, singular], wātā [accusative, feminine, singular], wāt [accusative, neuter, singular], wātas [genitive, masculine, singular], wāteʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], wātas [genitive, neuter, singular], wātumē [dative, masculine, singular], wāteʀē [dative, feminine, singular], wātumē [dative, neuter, singular], wātu [instrumental, masculine, singular], wāteʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], wātu [instrumental, neuter, singular], wātē [masculine, nominative, plural], wātō [feminine, nominative, plural], wātu [neuter, nominative, plural], wātā [accusative, masculine, plural], wātā [accusative, feminine, plural], wātu [accusative, neuter, plural], wāteʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], wāteʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], wāteʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], wātēm [dative, masculine, plural], wātum [dative, masculine, plural], wātēm [dative, feminine, plural], wātum [dative, feminine, plural], wātēm [dative, neuter, plural], wātum [dative, neuter, plural], wātēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], wātum [instrumental, masculine, plural], wātēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], wātum [feminine, instrumental, plural], wātēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], wātum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. wet Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-wāt-gmw-pro-adj-U0xR4Xdw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "wǣt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: wǣt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: wǣt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wat",
            "3": "wet",
            "4": "weet",
            "alt": "wāt",
            "alt2": "wēt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "weet",
            "3": "weit"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: weet, weit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: weet, weit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "weet"
          },
          "expansion": "English: weet",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: weet (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "wēt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: wēt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: wēt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "weet",
            "3": "wiat",
            "4": "wäit"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "wäit"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wäit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: wäit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "wiet"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: wiet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: wiet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*wāt",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Old Dutch: *wāt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Old Dutch: *wāt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "wet",
            "3": "wit"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: wet, wit",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly borrowed from Frisian"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly borrowed from Frisian)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "verwetten",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "wetheit",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wētaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wētaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wētaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*wāt",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wet"
      ],
      "id": "en-wāt-gmw-pro-adj-U0xR4Xdw",
      "links": [
        [
          "wet",
          "wet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wāt"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "wǣt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: wǣt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: wǣt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wat",
            "3": "wet",
            "4": "weet",
            "alt": "wāt",
            "alt2": "wēt"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "weet",
            "3": "weit"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: weet, weit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: weet, weit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "weet"
          },
          "expansion": "English: weet",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: weet (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "wēt"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: wēt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: wēt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "weet",
            "3": "wiat",
            "4": "wäit"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "wäit"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: wäit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: wäit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "wiet"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: wiet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: wiet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*wāt",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Old Dutch: *wāt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Old Dutch: *wāt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "wet",
            "3": "wit"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: wet, wit",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly borrowed from Frisian"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly borrowed from Frisian)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "verwetten",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "wetheit",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wētaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wētaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *wētaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wāteʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wātum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*wāt",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "gmw-pro:Wetness"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wet",
          "wet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wāt"
}

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