Where does “twentig” come from?
twentig (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
twentig (Old English): twenty
Ancestry of “twentig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | twai tigiwiz | twenty |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
Words derived from “twentig”