Where does “twine” come from?

twine (Yola) comes from Middle English tweyne, from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

twine (Yola): two

Definitions

  1. two

Ancestry of “twine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtweynetwo
2Old Englishtwēġentwo; twain
3Proto-West Germanictwai-two
4Proto-Germanictwaitwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twai →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twai- →