Etymology
Finnish word for water (Vesi) and it's synonym: Voda
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete or *weti. Cognates include Finnish vesi, Hungarian víz. Ultimately a cognate from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, in which case compare to Scottish Gaelic uisge, Irish uisce, Russian вода́ (vodá), English water.
Before we continue I'll remind you with 2 things. Vesi was the actual name of the gothic tribe Vicigoths and it meant water. The second one I remind you is Odin, as all the names have come from the wordroots meaning Water. The words they used under Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ word: Wodan, Vodan, Wodan, Votan, Wuotan, Woden, Wodanaz, Wodanz and Wōðanaz. The list includes Oden, Odin, Wates, Wate, Wade, Watis and Vates. Let's start.
See the resemblance in Proto-Indo-European root word: *wódr̥
Etymology
From *wed- (“water”) + *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *wete, the source of Finnish vesi and Hungarian víz.
In Proto-Indo-European, the active elemental *wed- (“water”) was contrasted with the passive *h₂ep- (“body of water”), similar to the opposition of the active "fire" *h₁n̥gʷnis with the passive *péh₂wr̥. *wed- (“body of water”) sounds exactly like Finnish weet or *veet or *weet (waters).
Root
*wed-
Noun
*wódr̥ n
Inflection
Older acrostatic pattern:
nominative: *wódr̥, *wédōr
genitive: *wédn̥s, *udnés (Oden, Odin)
Later proterokinetic pattern:
nominative: *wódr̥, *wédōr
genitive: *udéns, *udnés (Oden, Odin)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Finnish word for water (Vesi) and it's synonym: Voda
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete or *weti. Cognates include Finnish vesi, Hungarian víz. Ultimately a cognate from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, in which case compare to Scottish Gaelic uisge, Irish uisce, Russian вода́ (vodá), English water.
Before we continue I'll remind you with 2 things. Vesi was the actual name of the gothic tribe Vicigoths and it meant water. The second one I remind you is Odin, as all the names have come from the wordroots meaning Water. The words they used under Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ word: Wodan, Vodan, Wodan, Votan, Wuotan, Woden, Wodanaz, Wodanz and Wōðanaz. The list includes Oden, Odin, Wates, Wate, Wade, Watis and Vates. Let's start.
See the resemblance in Proto-Indo-European root word: *wódr̥
Etymology
From *wed- (“water”) + *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix). Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *wete, the source of Finnish vesi and Hungarian víz.
In Proto-Indo-European, the active elemental *wed- (“water”) was contrasted with the passive *h₂ep- (“body of water”), similar to the opposition of the active "fire" *h₁n̥gʷnis with the passive *péh₂wr̥. *wed- (“body of water”) sounds exactly like Finnish weet or *veet or *weet (waters).
Root
*wed-
Noun
*wódr̥ n
Inflection
Older acrostatic pattern:
nominative: *wódr̥, *wédōr
genitive: *wédn̥s, *udnés (Oden, Odin)
Later proterokinetic pattern:
nominative: *wódr̥, *wédōr
genitive: *udéns, *udnés (Oden, Odin)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- *udn-eh₂ n pl
- ⇒? Latin: unda f (“wave”)
- Proto-Albanian: *udrjā
- Albanian: ujë
- Proto-Anatolian:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wandō
- ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *udenskyos
- Proto-Germanic: *watōr (Wates)
- Proto-Hellenic: *údōr
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáHr̥ (assuming a change d > h₁ in the nom. sg.)
- Proto-Italic: *udōr
- Umbrian: 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur)
- Phrygian: βέδυ (védu, bédu)
- Proto-Tocharian: *wär
Watis - "God of the Vates"
In the nordic stories of Volunder who is known as Wayland the Smith by Anglo-Saxons. His father was a sea giant (Sea-king or Meritursas) recognized by the coastal tribes of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The story goes that Wayland's grandfather was a Finnish king named Villcinus, who was seduced one day while walking in the forest by the beautiful young woman Wachilde. Later, he rose from the sea and stopped Villcinus' ship. When the woman told him that she was to bear his child, he took Wachilde aboard. After the child was born, Wachilde disappeared back into the sea or sailed back to the sea. The child was named Wade, Wate or Waetla and he grew up to be a giant (Fjornjotr) of great fame and power on the seas. He also possessed great secret powers. In the Wilkina saga, Wilkins (Vilcinus) is the king of the great state of WinKina.
(Wada Hælsingum is mentioned in the Widsith poem line 22: "Wade (ruled) the Hælsings").
(Wada Hælsingum is mentioned in the Widsith poem line 22: "Wade (ruled) the Hælsings").
Word for water in different languages:
1. H₂O
1. H₂O
- Afrikaans: water (Wates)
- Aymara: uma
- Albanian: uję m. (*ves & vesi = wise)
- Arabic: مَاء ( māʾ ) m.
- aragon: algua
- Armenian: յնան [vezin]
- Azerbaijani: su
- Bambara: ji
- Basque: ur
- Bengali: জল
- Bosnian: voda f (Wodanas)
- Breton: dour m.
- Bulgarian: вода f. [voda]
- Chuuk: chaan, kkónik
- English: water (Wates)
- Erza: ведь [veď]
- Spanish: agua f
- Esperanto: akvo
- Southern Sami: tjaetsie
- Fijian: wai
- Frisian: wetter
- Faroese: vatn
- Galician: auga f.
- georgia: წყალი [tsqali]
- Guarani: y
- Hawaiian: wai
- Hittite: watar (Wates)
- Hebrew: מים m. [mim]
- Hindi: पानी [paṇi]
- Dutch: water (Wates)
- ido: aquo
- Irish: uisce m.
- Inari Sámi: čääci
- Indonesian: air
- inkeröinen: vesi (goth)
- interlingua: aqua
- Icelandic: vatn
- Italian: acqua f
- Javanese: banyu
- Japanese:水
- Yoruba: oml
- kambera: wai
- canakanabu: canúmu
- kapingamarangi: wai
- Karelia: vesi (goth)
- Caroline: scaal
- Catalan: aigua f
- Kazakh: су [su]
- Khmer: សាន, កាន [san, kan]
- Chinese:水 [ʂuei]
- Kyrgyz: cyy [suu]
- Skolt Sámi: čääʹcc
- Komi: ва [va]
- Congo: maza, masa
- Korean: 물 [mul]
- Cornish: dowr m.
- Corsican: acqua
- Kosrae: kof , sroano
- Greek: νερο n. [nero]
- crim Tatar: SUV
- Croatian: voda f (Wodanas)
- Kurdish: av, aw, ab
- Kven: vesi (goth)
- Welsh: dwfr m.
- Lakota: mni
- Latin: aqua f., aqva f.
- Latvian: ūdens m. (Oden, Odin)
- Lithuanian: vanduo m.
- liivi: vez (goth)
- Lingala: mayi
- livvi: vezi (goth)
- Lojban: djacu
- Luxembourg: Water n. (Wates)
- lyydi: veži (goth)
- Malagasy: rano
- Malay: air
- Malayalam: പയസ്
- Malta: air m.
- mangareva: or
- Mansi: вит ( vit ) (goth)
- Maori: wai
- Mari: вӱд [wüd] (Wodin, Wudin)
- marshal: dān
- Meänkieli: vesi (goth)
- moksha: you know [you know]
- Old English: wæter n. (Wates)
- Ancient Greek: ύδωρ [hýdōr]
- Nahuatl: atl
- laughter: ebok
- Nenets: иˮ
- niue: or
- Norwegian: vann
- Norwegian (nynorsk): vatn
- norn: watertraa
- sleepyhead: or
- Ojibwa: nibi
- Occitan: aiga
- Piitimen Sámi: tjaahtsie
- Persian: آب
- Northern Sami: čáhci
- ponape: pihl
- Portuguese: agua f
- book: yua
- Polish: woda f (Wodanas)
- French: eau f
- Rapanui: bai
- Rarotonga: or
- Romansh: aua
- Rohingya: faní
- Romanian: apă f
- Rwanda: Amazi
- Swedish: vatten
- German: Wasser n.
- Samoan: or
- Sanskrit: udān
- Serbian: voda , вода f. (Wodanas)
- Serbo-Croatian: Voda , вода f.
- Sicily: water (Wates)
- Scots: uisge (Wesi)
- Slovak: voda f (Wodanas)
- Slovenian: voda f (Wodanas)
- Somali: biyo, waraabin
- Sundanese: cai
- Swahili: maji
- Tagalog: tubig
- Tahitian: pape
- Tamil: தன்றிரு
- Danish: vand
- Tatar: су [su], su
- Thai: นาน [nâm]
- tok pisin: wara
- Tokelau: or
- of course pona: telo
- Tonga: or
- Tongareva: or
- Chamorro: agua
- Czech: voda f (Wodanas)
- tuamotu: or
- tupinambá: 'y
- Turkish: su, ab old
- Tuvalu: or
- Udmurt: ву [vu]
- Ukrainian: вода f. [voda] (Wodanas)
- Hungarian: víz (goth)
- Uzbek: SUV
- Belarusian: вада [vada]
- wanukaka: Wei (goth)
- vatja: vesi (goth)
- watubela: al
- Russian: вода́ ( vodá ) f. (Wodanas)
- Vepsian: vezi
- Vietnamese: nước
- Estonian: vesi (goth)
- Volapük: vat
- Wolof: ndox
- võro: vesi (goth)
- Shanghai Chinese:水[s]
- Upper Sorbian: woda f. (Wodanas)
- Zulu: amanzi
Wed/Wod*r
Wodr - the Proto Indo-European word for water, it is the main stem for water in many of the Indo-European languages around the world today. It is one of the more active roots for water too, hence it appears in many language either linked to, or to directly mean "water" or “wave”. With this word alone you could make a case for Woden as a water God, as Wodr in its locative case becomes Wodn and in its genitive case becomes Wedns (Wends, Venet). We only have to look at the word for the middle of the week in English WEDNESday to see a connection with the latter. This of course is a very old word for water and in the Proto-Germanic the D often switches value to a T, which interestingly is how modern Germans pronounce Woden as Wotan. This for me only adds to the case and just means that Woden is a very old Water Deity that combines nordic mythology of the goths or geats to Finnish *Vesi and *Vene tribes (fin. Vene = Boat). Finnish king Wate or Wade means water like all the names of Odin.
Wodr - the Proto Indo-European word for water, it is the main stem for water in many of the Indo-European languages around the world today. It is one of the more active roots for water too, hence it appears in many language either linked to, or to directly mean "water" or “wave”. With this word alone you could make a case for Woden as a water God, as Wodr in its locative case becomes Wodn and in its genitive case becomes Wedns (Wends, Venet). We only have to look at the word for the middle of the week in English WEDNESday to see a connection with the latter. This of course is a very old word for water and in the Proto-Germanic the D often switches value to a T, which interestingly is how modern Germans pronounce Woden as Wotan. This for me only adds to the case and just means that Woden is a very old Water Deity that combines nordic mythology of the goths or geats to Finnish *Vesi and *Vene tribes (fin. Vene = Boat). Finnish king Wate or Wade means water like all the names of Odin.
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