twei

See also: twéï

German Low German

Alternative forms

• twe, twee (Münsterländisch)

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.

Numeral

twei

1. (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

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	20
[a], [b] ←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: two, twei     Ordinal: secunde     Adverbial: twie, twies     Multiplier: twofold

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *twai (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with German zwei, and others.

Alternative forms

• twey

Numeral

twei

1. 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

1. Alternative form of twie