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Where does “zwīc” come from?

zwīc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zwīg, from Proto-Germanic twīgą, from Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰon, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “zwīc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzwīg—
2Proto-Germanictwīgąbranch; twig
3Proto-Indo-European*dwigʰon—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwīc”

  • Wirtschaftszweig
  • Zweig
  • Industriezweig
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