Where does “two” come from?

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

two (Middle English): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “two”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwātwo
2Old Englishtwēġentwo; twain
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “two”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →