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Where does “tví-” come from?

tví- (Old Norse) comes from Indo-European *dwi-.

tví- (Old Norse): twice, double, binary

Definitions

  1. twice, double, binary

Ancestry of “tví-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*dwi-—

Words derived from “tví-”

  • tvetydig
  • tve-
  • tvekjønna
  • tvekjønnet
  • tve-
  • tve-
  • tveægget
  • tvelyd
  • kultveilte
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