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Where does “zwēne” come from?

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

zwēne (Old High German): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “zwēne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zwēne”

  • zwischenzug
  • zween
  • Zwischenschicht
  • Zwischenspiel
  • zwischenzeitlich
  • Zwischenzeit
  • Zwischenstufe
  • Zwischenprodukt
  • zwischen
  • Zwischenzug
  • in zuiskēn
  • zuiski
  • צוויי
  • צווייטבעסט
  • צווישן
  • צווייט
  • צווייטנס
  • צווייטיק
  • zwéin
  • cwe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →