Where does “twikken” come from?

twikken (Middle English) comes from Old English twiccian, from Proto-West Germanic twekkōn — to fasten; clamp; pin; to pinch; pluck.

Ancestry of “twikken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwiccianto twitch; to pluck
2Proto-West Germanictwekkōnto fasten; clamp; pin; to pinch; pluck

Words derived from “twikken”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic twekkōn →Every word from Old English twiccian →