Where does “twynne” come from?

twynne (Middle English) comes from Old English ġetwinn, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

twynne (Middle English): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “twynne”, step by step

twynne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġetwinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġetwinntwin, multiple
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English ġetwin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġetwin—
2Proto-Germanictwinazdouble, two each; twin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwino-twin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →