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Where does “tvål” come from?
tvål (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish thval, from Old Norse þvál.
tvål
(Swedish): soap
Definitions
soap
Ancestry of “tvål”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Swedish
thval
soap
2
Old Norse
þvál
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Words derived from “tvål”
tvåla
raktvål
tvålfager
tvålfat
tvålning
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