Where does “TWAG” come from?

TWAG (English) comes from English WAGs, from English WAG, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wāgen, from Old Saxon wagan, from Proto-West Germanic wagn, from Proto-Germanic wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European woǵʰnos — to bring; to transport.

TWAG (English): A wife or girlfriend of a tennis player

Definitions

  1. A wife or girlfriend of a tennis player

Ancestry of “TWAG”, step by step

TWAG traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English WAGs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWAGsplural of WAG
2EnglishWAGA wild-assed guess; a rough estimate; A wife or...
3Old Norsevága
4Middle Low Germanwāgen
5Old Saxonwaganwagon, carriage
6Proto-West Germanicwagncart, wagon
7Proto-Germanicwagnazcart, wagon
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwoǵʰnoswagon, primitive carriage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via English tennis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtennisA sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets
2Old Frenchtenezsecond-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
3Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European woǵʰnosEvery word from Proto-Germanic wagnaz