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
Ancestry of “thwiten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | þwītan | to cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þwītaną | to split |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tweys- | to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,... |
Words derived from “thwiten”