thwite

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þwītaną“to split”
2. Old English · inherited fromþwītan“to cut, cut off”
3. Middle English · inherited fromthwiten
4. English todaythwite

From Middle English thwiten, from Old English þwītan (“to cut, cut off”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną (“to split”). See whittle, thwittle, and compare thwaite (“a piece of land”), doit (“small coin, small amount, bit”).

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