Where does “mazgāšana” come from?

mazgāšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian mazgāt, from Latvian mazgt, from Proto-Baltic mazg-.

mazgāšana (Latvian): washing; verbal noun of mazgāt

Definitions

  1. washing; verbal noun of mazgāt

Ancestry of “mazgāšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmazgātto wash; to clean dirt off something with water...
2Latvianmazgt—
3Proto-Balticmazg-—
Every word from Proto-Baltic mazg- →Every word from Latvian mazgt →Every word from Latvian mazgāt →
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