Words that come from Proto-Germanic “þwahaną”

102 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — including towel, dishtowel, towelette, towelhead, towelless, towellike, touaille, dweil.

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Finnish (17)

Swedish (8)

English (7)

Icelandic (5)

Dutch (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old Norse (4)

Middle English (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Spanish (3)

Japanese (2)

Italian (2)

Irish (2)

Gothic (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old French (2)

Malay (2)

Middle French (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

French (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Faroese (1)

Fiji Hindi (1)

Estonian (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Latin (1)

Asturian (1)

Central Melanau (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Swahili (1)

Taos (1)

Old English (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Galician (1)

Frankish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — 102 descendants | Etymology Explorer