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Where does “parhus” come from?

parhus (Swedish) comes from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare — I piss.

parhus (Swedish): a semi-detached house, a duplex house, a twin...

Definitions

  1. a semi-detached house, a duplex house, a twin...

Ancestry of “parhus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpara pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
2EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
3EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
4EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
5Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
6Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
7Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
8Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
9LatinpissioI piss
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