Where does “Twiewla” come from?

Twiewla (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch twiewlen, from Middle Dutch twivelen, from Old Saxon twiflon, from Proto-West Germanic *twīflōn — to doubt.

Twiewla (Plautdietsch): doubter

Definitions

  1. doubter

Ancestry of “Twiewla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschtwiewlento doubt
2Middle Dutchtwivelento doubt, to be uncertain; to hesitate
3Old Saxontwiflonto doubt
4Proto-West Germanic*twīflōnto doubt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *twīflōn →Every word from Old Saxon twiflon →Every word from Middle Dutch twivelen →