Where does “tyve” come from?
tyve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish tyve, from Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
tyve (Norwegian Bokmål): twenty
Definitions
- twenty
Ancestry of “tyve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tyve | twenty; indefinite plural of tyv |
| 2 | Old Norse | tuttugu | twenty |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | twai tigiwiz | twenty |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |