Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/watarweg

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *watar +‎ *weg.

Noun

*watarweg m

1. waterway

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*watarweg
Genitive	*watarwegas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*watarweg	*watarwegō, *watarwegōs
Accusative	*watarweg	*watarwegā
Genitive	*watarwegas	*watarwegō
Dative	*watarwegē	*watarwegum
Instrumental	*watarwegu	*watarwegum

Descendants

• Old English: wæterweġ
  • Middle English: waterwey
    • English: waterway
• Old Frisian: weterwei
  • Saterland Frisian: Woaterwai
  • West Frisian: wetterwei
• Old Saxon: *watarweg
  • Middle Low German: waterwech, wāterwech
    • Low German: Waterweg
    • → Danish: vandvej (calque)
    • → Swedish: vattenväg (calque)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: vannvei (calque)
    • →? Dutch: waterweg
      • Afrikaans: waterweg
• Old High German: *wazzarweg
  • Middle High German: wazzerwec
    • German: Wasserweg