Where does “thwiten” come from?

thwiten (Middle English) comes from Old English þwītan, from Proto-Germanic þwītaną, from Proto-Indo-European tweys- — to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

thwiten (Middle English): to whittle

Definitions

  1. to whittle

Ancestry of “thwiten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþwītanto cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to...
2Proto-Germanicþwītanąto split
3Proto-Indo-Europeantweys-to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

Words derived from “thwiten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwītaną →Every word from Old English þwītan →