Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “þwahan”

55 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic þwahan — including towel, dishtowel, towelette, towelhead, towelless, towellike, touaille, dweil.

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English (7)

Dutch (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Spanish (3)

Japanese (2)

Italian (2)

Old Dutch (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 English (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Galician (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Frankish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)