Where does “צווישן” come from?

צווישן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German in zuiskēn, from Old High German zuiski, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

צווישן (Yiddish): between, among

Definitions

  1. between, among

Ancestry of “צווישן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanin zuiskēn—
2Old High Germanzuiskitwofold
3Old High Germanzwēnetwo
4Proto-West Germanictwai-two
5Proto-Germanictwaitwo
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “צווישן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →