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Original entry ↗A twisting force. · Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. · The form given in twisting. · The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twist, from Old English *twist, in compounds (e.g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt). Related to Saterland Frisian Twist (“discord”), Dutch twist (“twist; strife; discord”), German Low German Twist (“strife; discord”), German Zwist (“turmoil; strife; discord”), Swedish tvist (“quarrel; dispute”), Icelandic tvistur (“deuce”). The verb is from Middle English twisten. Compare Dutch twisten, Danish tviste (“to dispute”), Swedish tvista (“to argue; dispute”).
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- Inherited-form mentiontwistenm
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- Inherited-form mention*twistazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionTwiststq
- Cognate mentiontwistnl
- Cognate mentionZwistde
- Cognate mentiontvistsv
- Cognate mentiontvisturis
- Inherited-form mentiontwistenenm
- Cognate mentiontwistennl
- Cognate mentiontvisteda
- Cognate mentiontvistasv
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