Re: *Twah-

> Oh, it might be just an accident, but in Czech, there is a strange
> expression, considered to be of onom.-expr. origin, which I

consider very

> similar:
>
> c^vaxat (or c^va:xat, c^vaxtat) "to squelch, to slush, to splash

about"

> (influenced by ca:kat of sim. meaning), to bath or bathe (dimin.)"

and it is

> also strictly used in connection with the body.
>
> Torsten, could it possibly be a loan from a Germanic source?

OPruss. twaxtan

> seems even more similar.
>
> There is another, rather dialectal, form: c^van^hat
>
> I can imagine something like c^van^h- < Goth. twahan, but I may be

wrong.

> Palatal /c^/ and /n^/ might be expressive forms of original /c/

and /n/,

> thus c^van^h- < *cvanh- < **cvahan (via metat.), < twahan...? Just

a few

> ideas...
>

And Møller has further *d-w- > PIE *t-w-,
+ -n > PIE *tw-n- in Lithuanian tvãnas "Überschwemmung, Überflutung,
Flut". There's the -n-.

Torsten