þvottabjörn
Icelandic
/ˈθvɔhtaˌpjœrtn/
noun
Definitions
- raccoon
Etymology
Compound from Icelandic þvottur (washing, laundry) + Icelandic björn (bear).
Origin
Icelandic
björn
Gloss
bear
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
🐨 🐻❄️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bjørn Norwegian Bokmål
- vaske Norwegian Bokmål
- vaskebjørn Norwegian Bokmål
- björn Swedish
- tvätta Swedish
- tvättbjörn Swedish
- bjørn Norwegian Nynorsk
- vaske Norwegian Nynorsk
- vaskebjørn Norwegian Nynorsk
- bjǫrn Old Norse
- þváttr Old Norse
- bjørn Danish
- vaske Danish
- vaskebjørn Danish
- Snæbjörn Icelandic
- björn Icelandic
- heilaþvottur Icelandic
- hvítabjörn Icelandic
- pokabjörn Icelandic
- ísbjörn Icelandic
- þvottasnúra Icelandic
- þvottur Icelandic