Where does “Zwischenraum” come from?

Zwischenraum (German) comes from German zwischen, from Old High German [[in]] [[zuiskēn]], from Old High German zuiski, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Zwischenraum (German): gap

Definitions

  1. gap

Ancestry of “Zwischenraum”, step by step

Zwischenraum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zwischen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzwischenbetween; among, amongst
2Old High German[[in]] [[zuiskēn]]—
3Old High Germanzuiskitwofold
4Old High Germanzwēnetwo
5Proto-West Germanictwai-two
6Proto-Germanictwaitwo
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via German raum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanraumwide; space
2Middle High Germanrūm—
3Old High Germanrūm—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “Zwischenraum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →