Etymograph

English

lakewater

From lake + water.

A compound of lake + water

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water; to well’

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Proto-Germanic *watōr ‘water’

Proto-West Germanic *watar ‘water’

Old English wæter ‘water’

Middle English water ‘water’

English water

Today it means

noun The water in a lake.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lakewater