Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/dúwō

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: *dúwō
    Ordinal: *déuteros

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two).[1]

Numeral

*dúwō

  1. two

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: δύο (dúo)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δύο”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359