Where does “tweyne” come from?

tweyne (Middle English) comes from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tweyne (Middle English): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “tweyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwēġentwo; twain
2Proto-West Germanictwai-two
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “tweyne”

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