Where does “zwee” come from?

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

zwee (Pennsylvania German): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “zwee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzwei—
2Old High Germanzwei—
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “zwee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Old High German zwei →
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