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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwahaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *tuók-e-, probably of Indo-European origin; compare Old Prussian twaxtan (brushwood for bathing).[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθwɑ.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þwahaną[1]

  1. to wash, bathe

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þwahan
    • Old English: þwēan
      • Middle English: thwēn; athwean
    • Old Frisian:
      • North Frisian: sau (Amrum)
    • Old Saxon: thwahan
    • Old Dutch: thwān
    • Old High German: dwahan
  • Old Norse: þvá
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þwahan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þwahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555
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