Where does “zwéin” come from?

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

zwéin (Luxembourgish): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “zwéin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwēnetwo
2Proto-West Germanictwai-two
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →