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Where does “oase” come from?

oase (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt — cauldron.

oase (Norwegian Nynorsk): an oasis

Definitions

  1. an oasis

Ancestry of “oase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Demoticwḥj—
2Egyptianwḥꜣtcauldron
Every word from Egyptian wḥꜣt →