Where does “whittel” come from?
whittel (Middle English) comes from Middle English thwitel, from Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan, from Proto-Germanic þwītaną, from Proto-Indo-European tweys- — to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...
whittel (Middle English): large knife
Ancestry of “whittel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | thwitel | — |
| 2 | Middle English | thwiten | to whittle |
| 3 | Old English | þwītan | to cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þwītaną | to split |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tweys- | to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,... |
Words derived from “whittel”