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Other forms:
Middle English:
whyttel
Middle English:
thwitel
Middle English:
thwiten
Old English:
thwitan
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Etymology of the English word whittle
the English word
whittle
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*thwitanan
Date
The earliest known usage of whittle in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
whittling
,
whittled
Usage
Word found in Modern English
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