water
Japanese - mizu (cf moist, mist, moat, Michigan/michisibbi, mer/mai/mar)
Ainu/Utari - wakka (cf voda, watar, akwa/agua) [wakko - week, Lith.?]
Greek - hydor/nero
Tamil - neer/neeru
Sanskrit - udan, udra
Possibly, odor originated as vaporous water?
Compare (coincidence?)
"Ainu" to Ain/Ein (Arabic/Hebrew wellspring)
"Utari" to udra/udar/hadra/hydr/watery (sam-udra = ocean)
Conversely, in Malay, air/ayer = water to drink, but udara = air to breathe (sum-atra island)
Bilad al Sudan (Arabic) land of black, likely from soil color, black = rich wet organic soil vs dry yellow red sand desert of Egypt. So Sudan may be derivative/source of udan (water).
Mandan round bull boat, Dakota canoe - wata
http://no-sword.jp/blog/2008/05/ainu_utari_ainu.html
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