Where does “twirn” come from?
twirn (Middle English) comes from Old English tweorn, from Proto-West Germanic twiʀn, from Proto-Germanic twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwisnós, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
Ancestry of “twirn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | tweorn | twine, thread |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | twiʀn | twine, double thread |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | twiznaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dwisnós | double |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |