Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þwahtuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þwahaną (“to wash”) +‎ *-þuz (“result noun suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθwɑx.tuz/

Noun

*þwahtuz m

  1. washing, laundry

Inflection

Declension of *þwahtuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þwahtuz *þwahtiwiz
vocative *þwahtu *þwahtiwiz
accusative *þwahtų *þwahtunz
genitive *þwahtauz *þwahtiwǫ̂
dative *þwahtiwi *þwahtumaz
instrumental *þwahtū *þwahtumiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: þváttr
    • Icelandic: þvottur
    • Faroese: tváttur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tvett
    • Old Swedish: þvǣtter
    • Danish: tvæt
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vakto, *vakci

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þwahan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahtu-”
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