Where does “zwirn” come from?

zwirn (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic twiʀn, from Proto-Germanic twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwisnós, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “zwirn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictwiʀntwine, double thread
2Proto-Germanictwiznazthread, twine
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwisnósdouble
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwirn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwisnós →Every word from Proto-Germanic twiznaz →
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