Where does “tvist” come from?

tvist (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German twist, from Proto-Germanic twī-, from Proto-Indo-European dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tvist (Norwegian Bokmål): a dispute

Definitions

  1. a dispute

Ancestry of “tvist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantwist—
2Proto-Germanictwī-two-, double-
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “tvist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwi- →Every word from Proto-Germanic twī- →
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