Where does “Twist” come from?

Twist (English) comes from Middle English twist, from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.

Twist (English): A twisting force

Definitions

  1. A twisting force

Ancestry of “Twist”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Twist”

Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →