Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/twai-
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *twai.
Numeral
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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
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Derived terms
editDescendants
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: zwêne m, zwô f, zwei n
- Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
- Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
- Central Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)
- 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: zwêne m, zwô 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”