Where does “tvättsvamp” come from?
tvättsvamp (Swedish) comes from Swedish svamp, from Old Swedish svamper, from Old Norse svampr, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European swombh- — sponge, tree-fungus, swamp.
tvättsvamp (Swedish): a sponge (marine invertebrate)
Definitions
- a sponge (marine invertebrate)
Ancestry of “tvättsvamp”, step by step
tvättsvamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish svamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | svamp | fungus; mushroom; sponge |
| 2 | Old Swedish | svamper | fungus, mushroom |
| 3 | Old Norse | svampr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *swammaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swombh- | sponge, tree-fungus, swamp |
via Swedish tvätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tvätta | to wash; wash; to clean oneself |
| 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 |