tu̯ē̆i-1

    tu̯ē̆i-1

    English meaning: to cut down, hack, hit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘scharf hauen, schlagen”?

    Material: O.E. ðwītan st. V. “cut, clip, abschneiden” (wäre d-present; in addition) geðwit “chip, splinter”, O.Ice. Þveitr “Querhieb, incision “, Þveita “hew, hit, bump, poke”; Lith. tvūskinu, -inti “vast, grand anklopfen”, tvóju, tvóti Scherzwort for “proficient thrash”; infolge of onomatopoeic words Schallcharakters the Lith. words dubious Vergleich.

    References: WP. I 747 f.