Why is water called water – Tsikavynky
In different languages, the names of water echo each other. Have you ever wondered why water is called water?
The answer to this question tried to find in the online publication “Fact of the Day in Ukrainian”.
In Ukrainian and Bulgarian it will be “voda”, in Polish “woda”, in English “water”, in German “wasser”. All these words have something in common: they consist of two syllables, starting with the “v” sound. This is absolutely no coincidence.
Although the name of water sounds differently in some other languages, for example, Italian “aqua”, French “eau”, if you dig into the etymology, you can find common features of all these names, albeit elusive.
Even in ancient times, people equated water with movement, which is why there are so many related words in Slavic languages: lead, guide, guide, escort. For example, in the Finnish language you can find the word “vuotaa”, which translates as flow,…
