Noun: vatn
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | vatnet |
| Pl. | vatna; vatnene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like vatn
kretsløp,
kroppsvev,
sexliv,
samråd,
samvær,
samløp,
sesongkort,
cappella-kor,
solbær,
sjøfly,
sjøliv,
betongrør,
passasjertog,
passasjerfly,
skritt,
skjerf,
skjegg,
skjold,
fenakjøtt,
selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse vatn (“water”), from Proto-Germanic *watōr (“water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), from the root *wed- (“water; wet”). The Proto-Germanic word was an r/n-heteroclitic noun; the Old Norse form generalized the oblique stem in *-n-. Doublet of vann (“water; lake”).
2. The compound-initial form vass- (“water-”) continues Old Norse vaz, an alternative genitive singular of vatn.
3. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk vatn, Icelandic vatn and Faroese vatn, Swedish vatten, Danish vand, English water, Dutch water, German Wasser and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 (watō, “water”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
vatn', Old Norse Nouns '
vatn', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
vatn', Icelandic Nouns '
vatn', Faroese Nouns '
vatn', Swedish Nouns '
vatten', Danish Nouns '
vand', English Nouns '
water', Dutch Nouns '
water', German Nouns '
Wasser', Gothic Nouns '
𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉'.
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