Where does “tweeling” come from?

tweeling (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch twiling, from Old Dutch twinling, from Proto-Germanic twinilingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tweeling (Dutch): A pair of twins; said of people and other...

Definitions

  1. A pair of twins; said of people and other...

Ancestry of “tweeling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtwiling—
2Old Dutchtwinling—
3Proto-Germanictwinilingaz—
4Proto-Germanic-ilingazForms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging...
5Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “tweeling”

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