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Where does “zweinzec” come from?

zweinzec (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zweinzug, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “zweinzec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzweinzugtwenty
2Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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