Where does “zwīfal” come from?

zwīfal (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic twīfl, from Proto-Germanic twīflaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

zwīfal (Old High German): two-fold

Definitions

  1. two-fold

Ancestry of “zwīfal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictwīfldoubt
2Proto-Germanictwīflazdoubt
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwīfal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twīflaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twīfl →