Proto-Germanic
*twai
‘two’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *twai.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *twai, most familiar first.
- two ← twā ← *twai-
- twelve ← twelf ← *twalif
- twain ← tweyne ← twēġen ← *twai-
- tway ← tweye ← twēġe ← twēġen ← *twai-
- twalpenny ← twal ← twelf ← twelf ← twelf
- twane ← tweyne ← twēġen ← *twai-
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *twai