twei
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.
Numeral
twei
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) two (2)
See also
- Münsterländisch: drei, veer, fyv, seß, niegen, tein, twiälf, füftein (füftain, füwtain), achtein, twintig, hunnert, dusend/duusend
- Dutch Low Saxon: twei
- Plautdietsch: twee
Middle English
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *twai (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with German zwei, and others.
Numeral
twei
- two (2)
- ca. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey & others, “Genesis 1:16”, in The Bible:
- “[…] And god made twei grete liytis / the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai / and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt […]”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
- German: zwei
Categories:
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German numerals
- Low Prussian Low German
- German Low German cardinal numbers
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English numerals
- Middle English terms with quotations
- Middle English cardinal numbers