twistle
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Alteration of twissel (literally “double, forked”), from Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). Compare also Icelandic kvísl (“branch, a fork; fork of a river”).
Noun [edit]
twistle (plural twistles)
- (obsolete) A boundary stream .
References [edit]
- Used primarily in British placenames, such as Oswaldtwistle.
