Water has influenced languages all over the world

Water has inspired words, symbols and all kinds of communications between people all over the world


Chinese Character for "Political Order"

Source - Geographictravels.com

The concept behind 'political order' has always been about controlling the populace. 
It's interesting to note that the Chinese symbol for "Political Order" is simply a combination of two symbols:
- One to represent a "river" and 
- The other represents a way to control the flow of water in the river i.e. a "Dike."
It is estimated that the Chinese language and its component characters are at least from 1000 BC. The relationship between water and 'control' is, obviously, a very very old one.


The English word - "Rivals"

Source - overclock.net

The English word "rivals" has as its root the Latin word "Rivalis" that means "one taking from the same stream as another." 
Obviously, here the implication is that only one can (and eventually, will) possess what both want.

Water in Kanji
Source - waterstation.us

Japanese character for "Rice"
The Kanji symbols for water and rice too are nearly identical. 

Rice Symbol
Source - japanese-symbols.org