Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/twai-

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *twai-

*twai-^[1]

two

Inflection

Masculine nominative/accusative: *twajVn-, *twainV-
Feminine nominative/accusative: *twā?
Neuter nominative/accusative: *twai
Genitive: *twaijō
Dative/instrumental: *twaimi

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*twaijōn

Descendants

Old English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n
- Middle English: twei, tweine, two, twa, tu
  - English: twain, two, tway (obsolete)
    - Solombala English: ту (tu)
  - Scots: twa, twae
  - Yola: twye
Old Frisian: twēne, twā
- North Frisian: tou
- Saterland Frisian: twäin, two
- West Frisian: twa
Old Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n
- Middle Low German: twê, twî
  - German Low German: twee
  - Plautdietsch: twee
Old Dutch: twēne m, twē
- Middle Dutch: twee, twe
  - Dutch: twee
    - Afrikaans: twee
Old High German: zwēne m
- Middle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n
  - Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
  - Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
    - Cimbrian:
      - Luserna: zboa
      - Sette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f
    - Mòcheno: zboa
  - Central Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form), zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)
    - Hunsrik: zweu
    - Luxembourgish: zwéin m, zwou f, zwee n
  - 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)

References

^ 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”

[1] 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”

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/twai-

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