Where does “Bezweifelung” come from?

Bezweifelung (German) comes from German bezweifeln, from German zweifeln, from Middle High German zwīvelen, from Middle High German zwīvel, from Old High German zwīfal, from Proto-West Germanic twīfl, from Proto-Germanic twīflaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Bezweifelung (German): doubt

Definitions

  1. doubt

Ancestry of “Bezweifelung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbezweifelnto doubt
2Germanzweifelnto doubt, to be doubtful
3Middle High Germanzwīvelen—
4Middle High Germanzwīvel—
5Old High Germanzwīfaltwo-fold
6Proto-West Germanictwīfldoubt
7Proto-Germanictwīflazdoubt
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twīflaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twīfl →