Where does “þwean” come from?

þwean (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þwahan, from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — to wash, bathe.

þwean (Old English): to wash

Definitions

  1. to wash

Ancestry of “þwean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþwahanto wash
2Proto-Germanicþwahanąto wash, bathe
Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þwahan
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