Where does “twēġen” come from?

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

twēġen (Old English): two; twain

Definitions

  1. two; twain

Ancestry of “twēġen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “twēġen”

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