Where does “tvehövdad” come from?

tvehövdad (Swedish) comes from Swedish tve-, from Old Norse [[tve-]], [[tví-]], from Proto-Germanic [[*twi-]], [[*twī-]].

tvehövdad (Swedish): two-headed (having two heads)

Definitions

  1. two-headed (having two heads)

Ancestry of “tvehövdad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtve-bi-, di-, duo-
2Old Norse[[tve-]], [[tví-]]—
3Proto-Germanic[[*twi-]], [[*twī-]]—
Every word from Proto-Germanic [[*twi-]], [[*twī-]] →Every word from Swedish tve- →Every word from Old Norse [[tve-]], [[tví-]] →