Words that come from Frankish “þwahilu”

43 words across 26 languages descend from Frankish þwahilu — including towel, dishtowel, towelette, towelhead, towelless, towellike, touaille, タオルケット.

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English (7)

Middle English (4)

Spanish (3)

Japanese (2)

Italian (2)

Irish (2)

Old French (2)

Malay (2)

Middle French (2)

French (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Fiji Hindi (1)

Latin (1)

Asturian (1)

Central Melanau (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Tagalog (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Portuguese (1)

Swahili (1)

Taos (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Galician (1)

Medieval Latin (1)