*twai

Runic: ᛏᚹᚨᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈtwɑi̯/

numeral

Meanings

two

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (‘two’) with plural suffix *-i. Compare *þai (‘they, those’), from demonstrative root *þa-.

Descendants

  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • twēne, twē (Old Dutch)
      • twee, twe (Middle Dutch)
        • twee (Dutch)
          • twee (Afrikaans)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • twēġen, twā, tū (Old English)
      • tweye, tweyne, two (Middle English)
        • twa, twae (Scots)
        • twye (Yola)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • twēġen, twā, tū (Old English)
      • tweye, tweyne, two (Middle English)
        • two (English)
          • ту (tu) (Solombala English)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • twēne, twā (Old Frisian)
      • tou (North Frisian)
      • twäin, two (Saterland Frisian)
      • twa (West Frisian)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zwēne (Old High German)
      • zwēne, zwō, zwei (Middle High German)
        • zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo (Alemannic German)
        • ? (East Central German)
        • zwej (East Franconian)
        • zwei, zwo, zween (German)
        • cwē (Vilamovian)
        • צוויי (tsvey) (Yiddish)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zwēne (Old High German)
      • zwēne, zwō, zwei (Middle High German)
        • zwoa, zwo (Bavarian)
          • zboa (Mòcheno)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zwēne (Old High German)
      • zwēne, zwō, zwei (Middle High German)
        • zwoa, zwo (Bavarian)
          • ? (Cimbrian)
            • zboa (Luserna)
            • sbéen, sbòa (Sette Comuni)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zwēne (Old High German)
      • zwēne, zwō, zwei (Middle High German)
        • zwei, zwien, zwo, zwu (Central Franconian)
          • zweu (Hunsrik)
          • zwéin, zwou, zwee (Luxembourgish)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zwēne (Old High German)
      • zwēne, zwō, zwei (Middle High German)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
          • zwee (Pennsylvania German)
  • *twai- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • twēne, twēna, twō, twā, twē (Old Saxon)
      • twê, twî (Middle Low German)
        • twee (German Low German)
        • twee (Plautdietsch)
  • tveir (Old Norse)
    • ? (Dalian)
    • tveir (Faroese)
    • tweir (Gutnish)
    • tveir (Icelandic)
    • tvó, tó, två, tveir (Norwegian)
    • tvo, to, tvei (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • twēr (Old Frisian)
  • tveir (Old Norse)
    • twā, two, to (Old Danish)
      • to (Danish)
        • to (Norwegian Bokmål)
          • to (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • tveir (Old Norse)
    • tvēr, twē, tvā (Old Swedish)
      • två (Swedish)
  • 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai) (Gothic)

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