Where does “hjärntvätt” come from?
hjärntvätt (Swedish) comes from Swedish tvätt, from Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
hjärntvätt (Swedish): brain-washing
Ancestry of “hjärntvätt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | tvätt | laundry; a wash |
| 2 | Old Norse | þváttr | the act of washing, laundry, washing |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þwahtuz | washing, laundry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |