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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twifaldaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *twi- + *faldaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwi.ˌɸɑl.dɑz/
Adjective
*twifaldaz
- twofold; double
Inflection
Declension of *twifaldaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *twifaldaz | *twifaldai | *twifaldō | *twifaldôz | *twifaldą, -atō | *twifaldō |
| Accusative | *twifaldanǭ | *twifaldanz | *twifaldǭ | *twifaldōz | *twifaldą, -atō | *twifaldō |
| Genitive | *twifaldas, -is | *twifaldaizǫ̂ | *twifaldaizōz | *twifaldaizǫ̂ | *twifaldas, -is | *twifaldaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *twifaldammai | *twifaldaimaz | *twifaldaizōi | *twifaldaimaz | *twifaldammai | *twifaldaimaz |
| Instrumental | *twifaldanō | *twifaldaimiz | *twifaldaizō | *twifaldaimiz | *twifaldanō | *twifaldaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *twifaldô | *twifaldaniz | *twifaldǭ | *twifaldōniz | *twifaldô | *twifaldōnō |
| Accusative | *twifaldanų | *twifaldanunz | *twifaldōnų | *twifaldōnunz | *twifaldô | *twifaldōnō |
| Genitive | *twifaldiniz | *twifaldanǫ̂ | *twifaldōniz | *twifaldōnǫ̂ | *twifaldiniz | *twifaldanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *twifaldini | *twifaldammaz | *twifaldōni | *twifaldōmaz | *twifaldini | *twifaldammaz |
| Instrumental | *twifaldinē | *twifaldammiz | *twifaldōnē | *twifaldōmiz | *twifaldinē | *twifaldammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: twifeald
- Middle English: twifald, twifold
- English: twifold
- Middle English: twifald, twifold
- Old Frisian: twifald
- ⇒ Old Frisian: twifaldich, twifaldech
- Old Saxon: *twifald
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *twifaldig
- Middle Low German: twēvaldich, twēvēldich, twēvōldich
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *twifaldig
- Old Dutch: twifald
- Middle Dutch: twevout
- Dutch: tweevoud
- Middle Dutch: twevout
- Old High German: zwifalt
- Middle High German: zwifalt, zwivalt
- German: zwiefalt
- ⇒ Old High German: unzwifalt
- ⇒ Old High German: zwifaltlīh
- Middle High German: zwifalt, zwivalt
- Old Norse: tvífaldr
- Icelandic: tvöfaldur
- ⇒ Swedish: tvåfaldig