Where does “zuiski” come from?

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

zuiski (Old High German): twofold

Definitions

  1. twofold

Ancestry of “zuiski”, step by step

zuiski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German zwēne

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

via Proto-West Germanic *twisk(ī)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*twisk(ī)
2Proto-Germanictwiskaztwofold, double
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two

Words derived from “zuiski

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁Every word from Proto-Germanic twaiEvery word from Proto-West Germanic twai-