English: Spiral - [from M.Fr. spiral, from M.L. spiralis "winding, coiling" (1255), from L. spira "coil," from Gk. speira "coil, twist, wreath," from PIE *sper- "to turn, twist."]
English: Twist – [M.E. twisten to divide, fr. O.E. –twist rope; akin to M.Du. twisten quarrel, twine, O.E. twa two ]
1a: to unite by winding..
3a: to to wring or wrench so as to dislocate or distort; esp : sprain
b: to alter the meaning of : PERVERT ..
f
: to form in a spiral
e
: to debase or falsify deviously : DISTORT
h: to make one’s way in a winding or devious manner to a destination or objective
vi 1: to follow a winding course : SNAKE …
Twisty – (1970s slang) attractively feminine, from twist (1928) girl
Twisted – ["perverted, mentally strange," 1900, fr. twist (n.) in a sense of "mental peculiarity, perversion"
first attested 1811]
slang for eccentric, crazy, misrepresented, perverted
Dutch: Twist - a quarrel
twisten - to quarrel, dispute
German: verdreht -twisted, warped, crazy, confused, garbled, kinky
drehen - to spin
English: 2Spin - 2c: a state of mental confusion
In a spin – (British) to be so angry, confused, or excited that one cannot act sensibly or concentrate on what one is doing
Scots: Spin - a drinking bout