vottur

See also: vøttur and vöttur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse váttr (“evidence, witness”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtaz (“speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtos (“voice, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, to sound out”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔhtʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɔhtʏr

Noun

vottur m (genitive singular votts, nominative plural vottar)

  1. witness, eyewitness
  2. sign, trace

Declension

Derived terms

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