Where does “vatter” come from?

vatter (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse váttr, from Proto-Germanic wahtaz, from Proto-Indo-European wokʷtos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vatter (Old Swedish): a witness, eyewitness

Definitions

  1. a witness, eyewitness

Ancestry of “vatter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseváttrevidence, witness
2Proto-Germanicwahtazspeech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokʷtosvoice, speech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wokʷtos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahtaz →