köken: From Middle High German wīchwazzer. Analyzable as weihen (“to consecrate”) + Wasser (“water”), though the former component was probably the related Middle High German adjective wīch (“holy, consecrated”). Compare Dutch wijwater.
köken: Etymology tree Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/) Persian زور Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/), which Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to hasten”) and compares to Serbo-Croatian žúriti (“to hurry, rush”) and Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash; to ride”). See also Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: From Middle Dutch wiwater. The first element is of the same origin as the initial wie- of wierook and represents an adjective derived from Proto-Germanic *wīhaz, although the word may now be analyzed as wijden + water.
köken: From Byzantine Greek αγίασμα (agíasma), possibly partly through the intermediate of South Slavic or Old Church Slavonic. Compare Aromanian agiazma, Albanian ajazmë.
holy water: In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things
Origin unclear. May have been coined in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, or may have been borrowed from Chinese. Uncommon term. Not included in some monolingual dictionaries.