Where does “wastafel” come from?
wastafel (Dutch) comes from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.
wastafel (Dutch): washbasin
Ancestry of “wastafel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 2 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 8 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |