betwixt

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dwís“twice, doubly; in two”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*twiskaz“twofold, double”
3. Old English · inherited frombetweox
4. Middle English · inherited frombitwixe
5. English todaybetwixt

From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.

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