Where does “zwei” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zwei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictwaitwo
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwei

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