Where does “twist” come from?

twist (Middle English) comes from Old English twist, from Proto-Germanic twistaz.

twist (Middle English): The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)

Definitions

  1. The flat part of a hinge (less specifically the entire hinge)

Ancestry of “twist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwist—
2Proto-Germanictwistaz—

Words derived from “twist”

Every word from Proto-Germanic twistaz →
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