Where does “mswaki” come from?
mswaki (Swahili) comes from Arabic مِسْوَاك, from Arabic سواك, from Persian سواک — a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree.
mswaki (Swahili): toothbrush; chewstick, miswak
Definitions
- toothbrush; chewstick, miswak
Ancestry of “mswaki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | مِسْوَاك | — |
| 2 | Arabic | سواك | — |
| 3 | Persian | سواک | a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree |