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German Low German
Etymology
Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.
Numeral
twei
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) two (2)
See also
- Münsterländisch: drei, veer, fyv, seß, niegen, tein, twiälf, füftein (füftain, füwtain), achtein, twintig, hunnert, dusend/duusend
- Low Prussian (Samland): ent, drei, veer, fiew, sess, seewe, acht, nege, tien, elf, twelf
- Dutch Low Saxon: twei
- Plautdietsch: twee
Middle English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *twai (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with German zwei, and others.
Numeral
twei
- two (2)
ca. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey & others, “Genesis 1:16”, in The Bible:“[…] And god made twei grete liytis / the gretter liyt that it schulde be bifore to the dai / and the lesse liyt that it schulde be bifore to the niyt […]”And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Adverb
twei
- Alternative form of twie