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 […]”
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See also
- German: zwei