Where does “zwei” come from?

zwei (German) comes from Middle High German zwēne, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

zwei (German): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “zwei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzwēnetwo
2Old High Germanzwēnetwo
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwei”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →