waterway

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.

Sinonieme

canal

watercourse

channel

stream

ditch

passage

navigation pass

fairway

sea route

pass

navigable channel

navigable pass

navigable path

river

seaway

aqueduct

sailing course

brook

creek

gutter

irrigation canal

moat

rivulet

runnel

sound

🔉

strait

trench

voyage

water vein

small canal

water route

Vertalings

voie navigable

Wasserstraße

waterweg

Wasserweg

idrovia

canal

Fahrrinne

hidrovia

υδατόρρευμα

via d’acqua

Fahrwasser

διάρρους

διώρηγα

Kanal

κανάλι

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: waterwey

Geërf van Old English: wæterweġ

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Woaterwai

Verwante met Fries: wetterwei

Verwante met Nederlands: waterweg

Verwante met Duits: Wasserweg

Verwante met Deens: vandvej

Verwante met Sweeds: vattenväg

In summary

From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).