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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dwiǵʰimos (“two winters (old)”), from *dwi- (“two”) + a form of *ǵʰéyōm (“winter”). Cognate with Latin bīmus (“two years old”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*twigimaz
- (West Germanic) two years old
Inflection
Declension of *twigimaz (a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*twigimaz
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*twigimō
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*twigimą, -atō
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*twigimai
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*twigimôz
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*twigimō
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| accusative
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*twigimanǭ
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*twigimǭ
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*twigimą, -atō
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*twigimanz
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*twigimōz
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*twigimō
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| genitive
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*twigimas, -is
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*twigimaizōz
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*twigimas, -is
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*twigimaizǫ̂
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*twigimaizǫ̂
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*twigimaizǫ̂
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*twigimammai
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*twigimaizōi
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*twigimammai
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*twigimaimaz
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*twigimaimaz
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*twigimaimaz
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*twigimanō
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*twigimaizō
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*twigimanō
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*twigimaimiz
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*twigimaimiz
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*twigimaimiz
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*twigimô
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*twigimǭ
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*twigimô
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*twigimaniz
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*twigimōniz
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*twigimōnō
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| accusative
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*twigimanų
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*twigimōnų
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*twigimô
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*twigimanunz
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*twigimōnunz
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*twigimōnō
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| genitive
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*twigiminiz
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*twigimōniz
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*twigiminiz
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*twigimanǫ̂
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*twigimōnǫ̂
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*twigimanǫ̂
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| dative
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*twigimini
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*twigimōni
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*twigimini
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*twigimammaz
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*twigimōmaz
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*twigimammaz
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| instrumental
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*twigiminē
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*twigimōnē
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*twigiminē
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*twigimammiz
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*twigimōmiz
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*twigimammiz
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Descendants
- Frankish: *twigim (Latinized as tuigimus)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gōīn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
