Where does “twenti” come from?

twenti (Tok Pisin) comes from English twenty, from Middle English twenty, from Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

twenti (Tok Pisin): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “twenti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtwentyThe cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen...
2Middle EnglishtwentyAlternative form of twenti
3Old Englishtwēntiġtwenty
4Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
5Proto-Germanictwaitwo
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz →