Twiggen
/ˈtwɪɡən/noun
Made of or resembling twigs; an archaic or dialectal adjective.
Did you know?Twig is connected to the ancient Indo-European word for “two,” likely because an early twig was understood as a forked or two-pronged branch.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dwóh₁
“Two; the ancestral numeral behind many words for pairs and doubling.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*twai
“Two; a Germanic form descended from the Indo-European numeral.”
Old English
Old English
twīg
“A twig or forked branch, probably named from its two-pronged shape.”
Middle English
Middle English
twigge
“A small branch or slender shoot.”
Modern English
English
twiggen
“Made of twigs; formed from twig plus the material-forming suffix -en.”