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Where does “thwān” come from?

thwān (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — to wash, bathe.

Ancestry of “thwān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþwahanąto wash, bathe

Words derived from “thwān”

  • dwaen
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