Where does “wasmand” come from?
wasmand (Dutch) comes from Dutch mand, from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל — God is with us.
wasmand (Dutch): laundry basket
Definitions
- laundry basket
Ancestry of “wasmand”, step by step
wasmand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch mand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mand | basket |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 5 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 6 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 7 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |
via Dutch was
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 7 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |