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Where does “in zuiskēn” come from?

in zuiskēn (Old High German) comes from Old High German zuiski, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “in zuiskēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzuiskitwofold
2Old High Germanzwēnetwo
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “in zuiskēn”

  • zwischenzug
  • zwischenzeitlich
  • Zwischenzeit
  • Zwischenstufe
  • Zwischenprodukt
  • Zwischenzug
  • zwischen
  • Zwischenschicht
  • Zwischenspiel
  • צווישן
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →