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Where does “os-daonna” come from?

os-daonna (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic os, from Old Irish úas, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan.

os-daonna (Scottish Gaelic): superhuman

Definitions

  1. superhuman

Ancestry of “os-daonna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicosover, above
2Old Irishúasabove, over
3Dutchwassento wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,...
4Dutchwaslaundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just...
5Middle Dutchwasfirst/third-person singular past indicative of...
6Middle Dutchwassento grow, to wax; to increase
7Old Dutchwassanto grow, to wax; to rise in level
8Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
9Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
10Indo-European*h₂weks-—
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