Where does “twijfelen” come from?
twijfelen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch twivelen, from Old Saxon twiflon, from Proto-West Germanic *twīflōn.
twijfelen (Dutch): to doubt
Ancestry of “twijfelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | twivelen | to doubt, to be uncertain; to hesitate |
| 2 | Old Saxon | twiflon | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *twīflōn | — |
Words derived from “twijfelen”