Middle High German

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Middle High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : ander

Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

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zwêne (feminine zwô, neuter zwei)

  1. two

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zwêne”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

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Old High German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : zwene
    Ordinal : andar

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

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zwēne (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

  1. two

Descendants

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