Where does “tway” come from?

tway (English) comes from Middle English tweye, from Old English twēġe, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tway (English): Two

Definitions

  1. Two

Ancestry of “tway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtweyetwo
2Old Englishtwēġe—
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →