Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twai tigiwiz

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 edit

Etymology edit

*twai (“two”) + *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /twɑi̯ ˈti.ɣi.wiz/

Numeral edit

cardinal number (tens)
20	Previous:	*tehun
20	Next:	*þrīz tigiwiz

*twai tigiwiz

twenty

Descendants edit

Old English: twēntiġ
- Middle English: twenty
  - English: twenty
    - Tok Pisin: twenti
  - Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
  - Yola: dwanty
Old Frisian: twentig, twintich
- Saterland Frisian: twintich
- West Frisian: tweintich
Old Saxon: twentig
- German Low German: twintig
- Plautdietsch: twintich
Old Dutch: *twēntig
- Middle Dutch: twintich, twintech
  - Dutch: twintig
    - Afrikaans: twintig
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: twentiki
    - Jersey Dutch: twäntix
    - Negerhollands: twentig, twintig
    - → Wayana: twentëk
  - Limburgish: twintjig, twèntjig
  - Zealandic: twintig
Old High German: zweinzug
- Middle High German: zweinzec, zweinzic
  - Alemannic German: zwenzig
  - Cimbrian: sbòanskh, zbuantzekh
  - German: zwanzig
  - Luxembourgish: zwanzeg
  - Yiddish: צוואַנציק (tsvantsik), צוואָנציק (tsvontsik)
Old Norse: tuttugu, tjugu, tjogu, tvittuga
- Icelandic: tuttugu
- Faroese: tjúgu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tjugo, tjuge, tjue
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: tjue
- Elfdalian: tjugu, tşugu
- Old Swedish: tiughu
  - Swedish: tjugo
- Old Danish: tiughæ, tiughu
  - Danish: tyve
    - Norwegian Bokmål: tyve
- Gutnish: tjugu, tjugå, tugå, tjaugu
Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (twai tigjus)