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Where does “twēne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “twēne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “twēne”

  • twa
  • twa
  • twäin
  • two
  • tou
  • tau
  • twäär
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →