Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twai tigiwiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *twai (“two”) + *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twɑi̯ ˈti.ɣi.wiz/

Numeral

cardinal number (tens)

20	Previous:	*tehun
	Next:	*þrīz tigiwiz

*twai tigiwiz

1. twenty

Descendants

• Old English: twēntiġ
  • Middle English: twenty
    • English: twenty
      • Tok Pisin: twenti
    • Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
    • Yola: dwanty
• Old Frisian: twentig, twintich
  • Saterland Frisian: twintich
  • West Frisian: tweintich
• Old Saxon: twentig
  • German Low German: twintig
  • Plautdietsch: twintich
• Old Dutch: *twēntig
  • Middle Dutch: twintich, twintech
    • Dutch: twintig
      • Afrikaans: twintig
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: twentiki
      • Jersey Dutch: twäntix
      • Negerhollands: twentig, twintig
      • → Wayana: twentëk
    • Limburgish: twintjig, twèntjig
    • Zealandic: twintig
• Old High German: zweinzug
  • Middle High German: zweinzec, zweinzic
    • Alemannic German: zwenzig
    • Cimbrian: sbòanskh, zbuantzekh (Luserna)
    • German: zwanzig
    • Luxembourgish: zwanzeg
    • Yiddish: צוואַנציק (tsvantsik), צוואָנציק (tsvontsik)
• Old Norse: tuttugu, tjugu, tjogu, tvittuga
  • Icelandic: tuttugu
  • Faroese: tjúgu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjugo, tjuge, tjue
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjue
  • Elfdalian: tjugu, tşugu
  • Old Swedish: tiughu
    • Swedish: tjugo
  • Old Danish: tiughæ, tiughu
    • Danish: tyve
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tyve
  • Gutnish: tjugu, tjugå, tugå, tjaugu
• Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (twai tigjus)