Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/twai-
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *twai.
Numeral[edit]
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| Cardinal : *twai- | ||
*twai-[1]
Inflection[edit]
- Masculine nominative/accusative: *twajVn-, *twainV-
- Feminine nominative/accusative: *twā?
- Neuter nominative/accusative: *twai
- Genitive: *twaijō
- Dative/instrumental: *twaimi
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n
- Old Frisian: twēne, twā
- Old Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n
- Old Dutch: twēne m, twē
- Old High German: zwēne m
- Middle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n
- Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
- Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
- Central Franconian: zwei, zwien; zwo, zwu
- Hunsrik: zweu
- East Franconian: zwej
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon German: zwee
- German: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween
- Rhine Franconian:
- Palatine German: zwee
- Pennsylvania German: zwee
- Vilamovian: cwē
- Yiddish: צוויי (tsvey)
- Middle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120: “*twaijō [...] *twaimi [...] *twai”