Where does “þwītan” come from?

þwītan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þwītaną, from Proto-Indo-European tweys- — to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

þwītan (Old English): to cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to...

Definitions

  1. to cut, cut off; to thwite; cut; cut off; to...

Ancestry of “þwītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþwītanąto split
2Proto-Indo-Europeantweys-to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...

Words derived from “þwītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwītaną →