See also: tví and tvi-

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *twi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-, a zero-grade form of *dwóh₁ (two).

Prefix

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tví-

  1. two, double, binary

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *twi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-, a zero-grade form of *dwóh₁ (two). See also Old English twī-.

Prefix

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tví-

  1. twice, double, binary

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tví-
  • Faroese: tví-
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvi-
  • Swedish: tve-
  • Danish: tve-
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tve-

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tví-”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445; also available at the Internet Archive