Where does “dwai” come from?

dwai (Old Prussian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwōˀ, from German zwei, from Middle High German zwēne, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

dwai (Old Prussian): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “dwai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*duwōˀtwo
2Germanzweitwo
3Middle High Germanzwēnetwo
4Old High Germanzwēnetwo
5Proto-West Germanictwai-two
6Proto-Germanictwaitwo
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →