Where does “twig” come from?

twig (Middle English) comes from Old English twīg, from Proto-West Germanic *twīg.

twig (Middle English): Any part of a tree, especially a branch or...

Definitions

  1. Any part of a tree, especially a branch or...

Ancestry of “twig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwīgtwig
2Proto-West Germanic*twīg—

Words derived from “twig”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *twīg →Every word from Old English twīg →