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Zwi an initial tw. Since damsons were obtained from Damascus (the Crusaders are said to have introduced them into Europe;   damask plum, damascene, damson,  amascino, Portug. ameixa), it seems probable that the  cognates ( zwèschen) are derived from  damascena or  δαμάσκηνον through the intermediate forms dmaskîn, dwaskîn, which appear in Transylvanian maschen, mäschen. Yet the phonological relations of the numerous dialectic forms are so indistinct that a final solution of all the difficulties has not yet been found. From are derived  kwets,  svedske,  švetska.   ,, ‘peg, sprig; pinch, nip, twinge,’ from zwic, a variant of zwëc (see ), ‘nail, nip, pinch,’ From  is derived the   svik. —   ,, ‘wedge,’ from the  zwickel, ; a derivative of the preceding word.  ,, ‘to pinch, twitch, peg,’ from zwicken, ‘to fasten with nails, squeeze in, pinch, tug,’  *zwicchên;   twikken, AB. twiččian, twicchen,  to twitch (see, ).  , in compounds ‘two,’ from and  zwi-,  twi-,  twee-,  tuî-,  twi-,  *tvi-. It is the form of the numeral as the first element of a compound;  in the non- languages δι- (from δϝι-),  bi-,  dvi-, used in a similar way.   ,, ‘biscuit,’ only; probably a rendering of  biscuit ( biscotto);   tvebak,  tweebak (also beschuit).   , (Swiss zidele,  zwifel,  zippel), ‘onion, bulb,’ from the   zwibolle, zibolle (with the variants zwippel, zwifel, zibel, zebulle),   zwibollo, zwivolle,. A corruption of caepulla, ‘onion,’ whence also the  words,  cipolla,  ciboule;  swible has been adopted from. The genuine word for  is  (properly ‘bulb, ball’), on which  zwibolle was based. The word bulb is derived from the  bulbus ( βολβόρ), ‘bulb, onion.’  ,, ‘twofold, double,’ from the  zwifach; for the meaning of the second component see. —  , ,‘twofold,’ from the  zwivaltic (also in  and   zwivalt);. —   ,, ‘twilight,’ only, formed from  twelecht; the  expression is zwischenlicht;   twilight. <section end="Zwielicht" /> ,, ‘twice,’ earlier , from the  zwir,  zwirôr, zwiro;   tysvar, tvis-var (-var corresponding to  vâra, ‘time’). drirôr, ‘thrice,’ is similarly formed. <section begin="Zwiesel" /> ,, ‘fork,’ from zwisele,  zwisila, , ‘fork, forked branch’; a derivative, like  and , from the stem twi- (see ). <section end="Zwiesel" /> <section begin="Zwiespalt" /> ,, ‘division, discord, schism,’ only, from  and ; in  the form is zwispęltunge, , ‘division, discord.’ — <section end="Zwiespalt" /> <section begin="zwiespältig" /> ,, ‘discordant, disunited,’ from the  zwispeltic, zwispaltic,  zwispaltîg; allied to. — <section end="zwiespältig" /> <section begin="Zwiesprache" /> ,, ‘dialogue, colloquy,’ only; in  zwisprëhho, , with a different sense, ‘bifarius,’ and in  twisprœ̂ce, , ‘double-tongued, deceitful.’ — <section end="Zwiesprache" /> <section begin="Zwietracht" /> ',, ‘dissension, discord,’ from zwitraht, , ‘disunion’; ', , ‘discordant, at variance,’ from  zweitrehtc, ‘disunited, discordant’; as a  word it is allied to. <section end="Zwietracht" /> <section begin="Zwitlich" /> ', ',, ‘twilled cloth, tick,’ from the  zwilich, zwilch,  zwilîh (hh), ; properly an  used as a , from zwilich, ‘twofold, consisting of two threads’ (to this  zwilchen, ‘to weave with two threads,’ is allied). Formed on the model of bilix, ‘consisting of two threads’;. <section end="Zwitlich" /> <section begin="Zwilling" /> ,, ‘twin,’ from the  zwinelinc, zwillinc (g),  (also zwiselinc and zwilich-kint), and zwinelîn, ,  zwiniling,. A derivative of the, zwinal, ‘geminus, gemellus,’ and also, like zwinal, from zwi-, ‘twofold’;  the   twin,  tweeling,  tvilling. <section end="Zwilling" /> ,, ‘to force, compel, vanquish,’ from twingen, dwingen, ‘to press, cramp, force, compel, dominate,’  dwingan, thwingan, ‘to crowd, suppress, conquer,’ corresponding to  thwingan,  þwinga,  tvinge,  twingen,  dwinga, twinga,  twingen, ‘to force’ ( twinge), see also. — Derivatives, , , ‘fortress,’ from twine, , ‘that which constrains, confines; jurisdiction.’ —