The story
- Middle English · inherited fromwaterpot
- English todaywaterpot
From Middle English waterpot, waterpott, water pott, watyrpotte, equivalent to water + pot. Cognate with West Frisian wetterpot (“waterpot”), Dutch waterpot (“waterpot”). Compare also German Wassertopf (“waterpot”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.