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

Definitions

  1. legal dispute

Ancestry of “tvist”, step by step

tvist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Twist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTwistA twisting force
2Middle EnglishtwistThe flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
3Old Englishtwist—
4Proto-Germanictwistaz—

via Middle Low German twist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantwist—
2Proto-Germanictwī-two-, double-
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →Every word from Old English twist →Every word from Middle English twist →