wascan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to wash
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *waskaną (wash) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (wet, water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wod-
Gloss
wet, water
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wash English
- washen English
- gâcher French
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wod- Proto-Indo-European
- vaske Norwegian Bokmål
- *waskaną Proto-Germanic
- vaska Swedish
- vaska Norwegian Nynorsk
- vaske Norwegian Nynorsk
- wascen Old English
- washen Middle English
- vaska Old Norse
- vaske Danish
- wascan Old High German
- vaska Faroese
- gascher Middle French
- *waskan gmw-pro
- wascan Old Dutch
- waskan Old Saxon
- *waskan Frankish
- waska Old Frisian