An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Consisting of, containing, covered or soaked with water or some other liquid.

Etymology (EN): O.E. wæt “moist, liquid,” related to O.Frisian wēt, O.N. vātr, O.E. wæter “water.”

Etymology (PE): Xis, xês “wet, moist,” related to pašang, pašangidan “sprinkle,” ultimately from Proto-Ir. *haic- “to pour (out), moisten;” cf. Av. haēc- “to pour (out); to irrigate;” Khotanese häs- “to wet, besprinkle;” Sogd. šync “to pour” (Cheung 2007).