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Where does “צוואַנציק” come from?

צוואַנציק (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German zweinzec, from Old High German zweinzug, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

צוואַנציק (Yiddish): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “צוואַנציק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzweinzec—
2Old High Germanzweinzugtwenty
3Proto-Germanictwai tigiwiztwenty
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “צוואַנציק”

  • צוואַנציקסט
  • צוואַנציקסטל
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