Where does “cwist” come from?

cwist (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwissiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- — resin, gum.

cwist (Old English): second-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “cwist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwissizspeech, saying
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-resin, gum

Words derived from “cwist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwissiz →