Where does “tjue” come from?

tjue (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk tjue, from Old Norse tjogu, from Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tjue (Norwegian Bokmål): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “tjue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsktjuetwenty
2Old Norsetjogu—
3Old Norsetuttugutwenty
4Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
5Proto-Germanictwaitwo
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “tjue”

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