twissel

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dwis-“twice, in two”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*twisilą“fork, bifurcation”
3. Old English · derived fromtwisla“confluence, junction”
4. Old English · inherited from*twisel“forked, double”
5. Middle English · inherited fromtwisel
6. English todaytwissel

From Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English *twisel (“forked, double”), from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”).

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