Where does “cwiter” come from?

cwiter (Kashubian) comes from German Zwitter, from Middle High German zwitarn, from Old High German zwitarn — bastard.

cwiter (Kashubian): hermaphrodite individual or organism having both male and female gonads

Definitions

  1. hermaphrodite individual or organism having both male and female gonads

Ancestry of “cwiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwitterhermaphrodite; hybrid; a child born of a relation...
2Middle High Germanzwitarnbastard; hermaphrodite
3Old High Germanzwitarnbastard
Every word from Old High German zwitarn →Every word from Middle High German zwitarn →Every word from German Zwitter →