Old English · noun
gewæsc
Normalised ġewæsċ
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈwæʃ/
- Syllables
- je · ˈwæʃ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- washing upoverflowwashwashing
Meaning
-
a wash; a washing up; an overflow of water
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gawask, *gawaskī, equivalent to ġe- + *wæsċ. Cognate with Middle High German gewesche (whence German Gewäsche, Gewäsch).
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