Where does “zwīveln” come from?

zwīveln (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zwīfalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *twīflōn — to doubt.

Ancestry of “zwīveln”, step by step

zwīveln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German zwīfalōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwīfalōnto doubt
2Proto-West Germanic*twīflōnto doubt

via Old High German zwīfalen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwīfalen—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *twīflōn →Every word from Old High German zwīfalōn →