tu̯ak-2

    tu̯ak-2

    English meaning: to bathe

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “baden”

    Material: O.Pruss. twaxtan “Badequast” (*tu̯akstom); Goth. Þwahan, Þwōh , O.Ice. Þvü, O.E. ðwēan “bathe”, O.H.G. dwahan, dwōg, twuog “wash”, O.Ice. Þvüttr (*Þwahtu-) “das Waschen” etc.; O.Ice. Þvá l n. ‘seife”, Goth. Þwahl n. ‘spa, bath”, O.H.G. dwahal ds., O.E. ðwé al m. n. “Waschen”; O.S. twahila f. “Handtuch”, O.H.G. dwahila m. ds., fränk. *thwahlja ds., out of it Fr. touaille, from which Eng. towel.

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