Where does “tjúgu” come from?

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

tjúgu (Faroese): twenty, cardinal number after nítjan and before...

Definitions

  1. twenty, cardinal number after nítjan and before...

Ancestry of “tjúgu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetuttugutwenty
2Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz →