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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	wed-¹
DEFINITION:	Water; wet. Derivatives include water, hydrant, redundant, otter, and vodka. 1. Suffixed o-grade form wod-r. a. water, from Old English wæter,* water; b. kirschwasser, from Old High German wassar, water. Both a and b from Germanic watar. 2. Suffixed lengthened-grade form wd-o-. wet, from Old English wt, wt, wet, from Germanic wd-. 3. O-grade form wod-. wash, from Old English wæscan, wacsan, to wash, from Germanic suffixed form wat-skan, to wash. 4. Nasalized form we-n-d-. winter, from Old English winter, winter, from Germanic wintruz, winter, “wet season.” 5. Suffixed zero-grade form ud-r. hydrant, hydro-, hydrous, utricle; anhydrous, clepsydra, dropsy, hydathode, hydatid, from Greek hudr, water. 6. Suffixed nasalized zero-grade form u-n-d--. undine, undulate; abound, inundate, redound, redundant, surround, from Latin unda,* wave. 7. Suffixed zero-grade form ud-ro-, ud-r-, water animal. a. otter, from Old English otor, otter, from Germanic otraz, otter; b. nutria, from Latin lutra,* otter (with obscure l-); c. Hydrus, from Greek hudros, a water snake; d. Hydra, hydrilla, from Greek hudr, a water serpent, Hydra. 8. Suffixed zero-grade form ud-skio-. usquebaugh, whiskey, from Old Irish uisce,* water. 9. Suffixed o-grade form wod--. vodka, from Russian voda,* water. (Pokorny 9. a(e)- 78.)


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