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Where does “tyve” come from?

tyve (Danish) comes from Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tyve (Danish): twenty; indefinite plural of tyv

Definitions

  1. twenty; indefinite plural of tyv

Ancestry of “tyve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetuttugutwenty
2Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “tyve”

  • tyve
  • tyvende
  • tyver
  • tyvende
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →