Where does “zwō” come from?

zwō (German) comes from Old High German zwō, from Proto-Germanic twō, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

zwō (German): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “zwō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwō—
2Proto-Germanictwō—
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwō”

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