Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “tver” come from?

tver (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse tveir, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

Ancestry of “tver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetveirtwo
2Proto-Germanictwaitwo
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →