Etymograph

English

Tweet

Tweet may come from Norwegian Tveit.

  1. NorwegianmodernTveituncertain
  2. EnglishtodayTweet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. NorwegianmodernTveituncertain
  2. EnglishtodayTweet

The story

Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Norwegian Tveit / Tweet