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Where does “twēntig” come from?

twēntig (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “twēntig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
2Proto-Germanictwaitwo
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “twēntig”

  • twintig
  • twintech
  • twintich
  • twintig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →