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Where does “os-mhise” come from?

os-mhise (Irish) comes from Irish ós, from Old Irish úas, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan.

os-mhise (Irish): superego

Definitions

  1. superego

Ancestry of “os-mhise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishóssince... is; Alternative form of ó; mouth
2Old Irishúasabove, over
3Dutchwassento wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,...
4Dutchwaslaundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just...
5Middle Dutchwasfirst/third-person singular past indicative of...
6Middle Dutchwassento grow, to wax; to increase
7Old Dutchwassanto grow, to wax; to rise in level
8Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
9Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
10Indo-European*h₂weks-—
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