Where does “ツイスト” come from?

ツイスト (Japanese) comes from English Twist, from Middle English twist, from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.

ツイスト (Japanese): twist

Definitions

  1. twist

Ancestry of “ツイスト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTwistA twisting force
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 →
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