Where does “Zwischenzeit” come from?

Zwischenzeit (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.

Zwischenzeit (German): meantime, interim (period), intervening period, (First, Second, and Third) Intermediate Period (of Ancient Egypt), interval

Definitions

  1. meantime, interim (period), intervening period, (First, Second, and Third) Intermediate Period (of Ancient Egypt), interval

Ancestry of “Zwischenzeit”, step by step

Zwischenzeit 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 Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

Words derived from “Zwischenzeit”

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