An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zwiesel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2522976An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — ZwieselJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Zwiesel, feminine, ‘fork,’ from Middle High German zwisele, Old High German zwisila, feminine, ‘fork, forked branch’; a derivative, like Zweig and Zweifel, from the stem twi- (see zwie-).