twentig

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

		200
←  10	←  19	20	21  →	30  →
		2
Cardinal: twēntiġ     Ordinal: twēntigoþa     Multiplier: twēntiġfeald

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old Saxon twentig, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtweːn.tij/

Numeral

twēntiġ

1. twenty
   • c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual‎^[1]:

     Tō twām and twēntiġum dō endleofan; þonne beoþ þǣr þrēo and þrītiġ.

     To 22 add 11; then it is 33.

Usage notes

• Numbers twenty and above usually take nouns in the genitive case: "twenty cats" is twēntiġ catta, literally "twenty of cats."

Derived terms

• twēntiġfeald

Descendants

• Middle English: twenty
  • English: twenty
    • Tok Pisin: twenti
  • Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
  • Yola: dwanty

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

<  19	20	30  >
Cardinal : twentig

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twaintigaz, *twai tigiwiz. Compare Old Frisian and Old English twēntiġ, Old High German zweinzug, Old Norse tuttugu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwen.tiɣ/

Numeral

twentig

1. twenty

Descendants

• German Low German: twintig
• Plautdietsch: twintich