twei

German Low German

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to German zwei, English two.

Numeral

twei

(in most dialects, including Low Prussian) two (2)

See also

Dutch Low Saxon: twei
Plautdietsch: twee

Middle English

Etymology

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

Numeral

twei

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 […]”

See also

German: zwei

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