Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twīgą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰon (“forked branch”), which Orel derives from *dwóh₁ (“two”), presumably based on the two-forked shape of twigs, though Kroonen adduces no cognates outside of Germanic and leaves the origin open. Compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtwiː.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*twīgą n

branch
twig

Inflection

Declension of *twīgą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*twīgą	*twīgō
vocative	*twīgą	*twīgō
accusative	*twīgą	*twīgō
genitive	twīgas, twīgis	*twīgǫ̂
dative	*twīgai	*twīgamaz
instrumental	*twīgō	*twīgamiz

Synonyms

Descendants

Old English: twiġ; twī; (twīġa); (twicg, twigg)
- Middle English: twi, twyg, twig; (twigge, twig)
  - Scots: twigg, tuigg
  - English: twig
Old Frisian: *twīch
- North Frisian: twiig
- Saterland Frisian: Twiech
- West Frisian: twiich
Old Saxon: *twig, *twīh
- Middle Low German: twîch
  - German Low German: Twieg
Old Dutch: *twig, *twīh
- Middle Dutch: twijch
  - Dutch: twijg
Old High German: zwīg; (zwī)
- Middle High German: zwīc; (zwī)
  - German: Zweig
  - Luxembourgish: Zwäig
  - Yiddish: צווײַג (tsvayg)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*twī̆ʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*twig/kkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*twī̆ʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*twig/kkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530