Where does “tvist” come from?
tvist (Danish) comes from English Twist, from Middle English twist, from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.
tvist (Danish): legal dispute
Ancestry of “tvist”, step by step
tvist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Twist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Twist | A twisting force |
| 2 | Middle English | twist | The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge) |
| 3 | Old English | twist | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | twistaz | — |
via Middle Low German twist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | twist | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | twī- | two-, double- |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |