Etymology Explorer
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Where does “thwa” come from?
thwa (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þvá, from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — to wash, bathe.
Ancestry of “thwa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
þvá
to wash
2
Proto-Germanic
þwahaną
to wash, bathe
Words derived from “thwa”
tø
tosproget
toer
tofamilieshus
tøvejr
Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahaną →
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