Etymology

Zwilling

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Zwilling ← Middle High German zwillinc ← Old High German zwiniling
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwinos
  3. Proto-Germanic*twinaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*twinilingaz
  5. Old High German*twiniling
  6. Old High Germanzwiniling
  7. Middle High Germanzwillinc
  8. GermanZwilling
  9. English todayZwilling

Borrowed from German Zwilling.

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