From Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit. Compare Old Norse þveita (see whittle), Danish døjt (“ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þwītan. doit, and possibly of twat.
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