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.

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)