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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”

  • tweak
  • tweaker
  • tweaky
  • tweakable
  • untweakable
  • retweak
  • tweakage
Every word from Proto-West Germanic twekkōn →