Where does “Zwilling” come from?

Zwilling (German) comes from Middle High German zwillinc, from Old High German zwiniling, from Proto-Germanic twinilingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilingaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Zwilling (German): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “Zwilling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzwillinc—
2Old High Germanzwiniling—
3Proto-Germanictwinilingaz—
4Proto-Germanic-ilingazForms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging...
5Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “Zwilling”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilingaz →