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Record number: 2050

Root / lemma: tu_ak-2

English meaning: to bathe

German meaning: `baden'

Material: Apr. twaxtan `Badequast' (*tu_akstom);

    got. wahan, wo:h, aisl. va:, ags. we:an `baden', ahd. dwahan, dwo:g, twuog `waschen', aisl. va:ttr (*wahtu-) `das Waschen' usw. ; aisl. va/l n. `Seife', got. wahl n. `Bad', ahd. dwahal ds. , ags. we/al m. n. `Waschen'; as. twahila f. `Handtuch', ahd. dwahila m. ds. , fra"nk. *thwahlja ds. , daraus frz. touaille, woraus engl. towel.

References: WP. I 747, Trautmann 333, Johannesson 451.

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