Where does “þvottur” come from?

þvottur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

þvottur (Icelandic): wash, washing; laundry

Definitions

  1. wash, washing; laundry

Ancestry of “þvottur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþváttrthe act of washing, laundry, washing
2Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
3Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “þvottur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →