rense
Danish
/rɛnsə/
verb
Definitions
- to clean, cleanse, rinse, purify
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hreinsa (rinse, clean out, cleanse) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, purify, cleanse).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hrainisōną
Gloss
clean, purify, cleanse
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mouthrinse English
- prerinse English
- rerinse English
- rinse English
- rinse-pitcher English
- rinseable English
- rinser English
- rainsāre, *rainsō Latin
- rincer French
- rinçage French
- rinçure French
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- rense Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrainisōną Proto-Germanic
- rensa Swedish
- rensning Swedish
- rinsen Middle English
- hreinsa Old Norse
- hreinsan Old Norse
- pibe Danish
- piberenser Danish
- sprog Danish
- sprogrenser Danish
- rincer Old French
- rincier Old French
- hreinsa Icelandic
- rincer Middle French
- rensa Old Swedish
- rēnsa, rensa Old Swedish
- 린스 Korean
- rense Haitian, Haitian Creole
- raincer, raïncer ONF.
- raïncer ONF.
- rénsa Scanian