LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.23 (03) [D/E/LS/German]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 23 August 2006 * Volume 03
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From: clarkedavid8 at aol.com
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.23 (01) [D/E/LS/German]

"On the other hand, Low Saxon has a word for 'alley' _twyt(e)_ (Twiete, Twiet
[tvi:t(e)], still used in some North German street names, _Twiete_ also meaning
'alley' in Hamburg German). Are there cognates in related languages. Does the
etymology have anything to do with "two," and if so, how? (If there were a
German cognate I would expect *_Zweiße_ or *_Zweite_, Dutch *_twijt_.) Might it
be the idea of "accompanying (a street)," "lane parallel to a street," or perhaps
like German _Nebenstraße_ 'secondary/side street'? 

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron"
 
In the city of Hull, and apparently nowhere else on the planet, alleys are called
"tenfoots". I thought this was a normal English word for many years. Perhaps
"Twiete" also relates to some kind of measurement?
 
David Clarke

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