Where does “twēntiġ” come from?

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

twēntiġ (Old English): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “twēntiġ”, step by step

twēntiġ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz

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

via Proto-Germanic twaintigaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictwaintigaz—

via Proto-Germanic twaintigiwiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictwaintigiwiz—

Words derived from “twēntiġ”

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