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Where does “twintich” come from?

twintich (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian twintich, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

twintich (Saterland Frisian): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “twintich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiantwintich—
2Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
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