Zwist
/tsvɪst/ · noun
Meaning
- discordance, disagreement, quarrel
Etymology / origin
From rare Middle High German zwist (Ripuarian, 14th c.), borrowed from Middle Dutch twist, from Proto-West Germanic *twist, from Proto-Germanic *twistaz (whence also English twist). Later reinforced by cognate Low German Twist, from Middle Low German twist, twest. Since ca. 1700 in regular standard usage, where it remained an elevated word, however. Related to zwei (as in Zwietracht). Doublet of Twist.
- twist(gml)→
- Twist(nds)→
- twist(English)→
- *twistaz(gem-pro)→
- *twist(gmw-pro)→
- twist(dum)→
- zwist(gmh)→
- Zwist (German)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der, cog, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- twist(Dutch) (cog)
- twist(English) (cog)
- Twist(Saterland Frisian) (cog)
- tvist(Swedish) (cog)
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