Twitch

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Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Old English twiccian ‘to pluck, pull sharply’.

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From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan(“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken(“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken(“to pinch”)).

alternate of quitch

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twitch (v.)

late 12c., to-twic-chen "pull apart with a quick jerk," related to Old English twiccian "to pluck, gather, catch hold of," from Proto-Germanic *twikjon- (source also of Low German twicken, Dutch twikken, Old High German gizwickan, German zwicken "to pinch, tweak"). Related: Twitched; twitching.

twitch (n.)

1520s, from twitch (v.).