zwie-

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German zwi-. Cognate with Old Norse tuī-, Old English twi-, Dutch twee-, Gothic *𐍄𐍅𐌹- (*twi-), Low German twi-, Latin bi-, Sanskrit dvi-.[1]

Prefix[edit]

zwie-

  1. twi-

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zwie-”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891