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

Definitions

  1. large knife

Ancestry of “whittel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthwitela small knife; a whittle
2Middle Englishthwitento whittle
3Old Englishþwītanto cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to...
4Proto-Germanicþwītanąto split
5Proto-Indo-Europeantweys-to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

Words derived from “whittel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwītaną →Every word from Old English þwītan →
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