þvottur
Icelandic
/ˈθvɔhtʏr/
noun
Definitions
- wash, washing the act of washing, generally
- (specifically) laundry the act of washing clothes
- laundry clothes about to be, being, or newly washed
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse þváttr derived from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þwahtuz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *þwahtuz Proto-Germanic
- tvätt Swedish
- tvätta Swedish
- *þvǫttr Old Norse
- þváttr Old Norse
- björn Icelandic
- heilaþvottur Icelandic
- heili Icelandic
- is Icelandic
- snúra Icelandic
- þvotta Icelandic
- þvottabjörn Icelandic
- þvottasnúra Icelandic
- vaht Estonian
- *vakto Proto-Finnic