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There are many old English/old European words of similar spelling and meaning the same. The Old English word was 'waeter' the German 'wasser or wazzer'. The Norse word was 'Vatn'. The Russian word was 'voda and Lithuanian 'vanduo'. Prussian 'vundan' and Gaelic 'Uisge'. Movement of peoples around the European continent transport their own words which intermix with the locals dialects
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