Where does “þwitan” come from?

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

þwitan (Old English): to cut, cut off

Definitions

  1. to cut, cut off

Ancestry of “þwitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþwītanąto split
2Proto-Indo-Europeantweys-to shake, hurl, toss; to shake, agitate; to hurl,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tweys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwītaną →