Where does “tyver” come from?

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

tyver (Danish): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “tyver”, step by step

tyver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish tyve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtyvetwenty; indefinite plural of tyv
2Old Norsetuttugutwenty
3Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via Danish er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisherpresent of være; are
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz →