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Where does “thwahan” come from?

thwahan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic þwahaną — to wash, bathe.

thwahan (Old Saxon): to wash; to bathe; to anoint

Definitions

  1. to wash; to bathe; to anoint

Ancestry of “thwahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþwahanąto wash, bathe
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