Where does “צווייטנס” come from?

צווייטנס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish צווייט, from Yiddish צוויי, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

צווייטנס (Yiddish): secondly

Definitions

  1. secondly

Ancestry of “צווייטנס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצווייטsecond
2Yiddishצווייtwo
3Old High Germanzwēnetwo
4Proto-West Germanictwai-two
5Proto-Germanictwaitwo
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →