betwixt
/bɪˈtwɪkst/ · prep
Meaning
- Between.
Etymology / origin
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.
- zwischen(German)→
- tussen(Dutch)→
- twiske(Saterland Frisian)→
- *dwís(ine-pro)→
- *twiskaz(gem-pro)→
- betweox(Old English)→
- bitwixe(Middle English)→
- betwixt (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, der, der, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- tëscht(Luxembourgish) (cog)
- twasche(North Frisian) (cog)
- twesken(North Frisian) (cog)
- twiske(Saterland Frisian) (cog)
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