Where does “tweespalt” come from?

tweespalt (Dutch) comes from German Zwiespalt, from German spalt, from Middle High German spalt, from Old High German spalt — crack, fissure.

tweespalt (Dutch): discord

Definitions

  1. discord

Ancestry of “tweespalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwiespaltconflict, dissension, discord, dilemma; at odds...
2Germanspaltsingular imperative of spalten
3Middle High Germanspalt—
4Old High Germanspaltcrack, fissure
Every word from Old High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalt →Every word from German spalt →