twistle

English

noun

Definitions

(obsolete) A boundary stream.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English twisel inherited from Old English twisla (junction, confluence, fork of a river road, bifurcation of a river) inherited from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (fork, bifurcation) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (twice, in two, two-ways, in twain).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dwis-

Gloss

twice, in two, two-ways, in twain

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twissel English
*dwis- Proto-Indo-European
*twisilô Proto-Germanic
*twisilą Proto-Germanic
*twiz- Proto-Germanic
twisel Old English
twisla Old English
twisel Middle English
kvísl Old Norse
kvísl Icelandic
kynkvísl Icelandic
tónkvísl Icelandic
ættkvísl Icelandic

twissel