Where does “Twist” come from?

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

Twist (German): twist

Definitions

  1. twist

Ancestry of “Twist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtwistA twisting force; Anything twisted, or the act of...
2Middle EnglishtwistThe flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)
3Old Englishtwist—
4Proto-Germanictwistaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →Every word from Old English twist →Every word from Middle English twist →