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Where does “twēġe” come from?

twēġe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “twēġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictwai-two
2Proto-Germanictwaitwo
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “twēġe”

  • tway
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →