Where does “dazwischen” come from?

dazwischen (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.

dazwischen (German): between them

Definitions

  1. between them

Ancestry of “dazwischen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dazwischen”

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