två
Swedish
/tvoː/
numeral
Definitions
- two
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish tver, tvēr inherited from Old Norse tveir inherited from Proto-Germanic *twai (two) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (two).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dwóh₁
Gloss
two
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
二
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atwo English
- betwixen English
- twenty English
- two English
- two-armed English
- two-edged English
- two-faced English
- two-fanged English
- two-footed English
- two-handed English
- two-headed English
- two-hourly English
- two-legged English
- two-lipped English
- two-ply English
- two-reeler English
- two-tongued English
- two-up English
- two-way English
- twoer English
- twofold English
- twoish English
- twoling English
- twoness English
- twopartite English
- twopence English
- twopenny English
- twoscore English
- twosies English
- twosome English
- twoth English
- twothirds English
- twoweapon English
- bivius Latin
- dubitāre Latin
- duo Latin
- due Italian
- *dwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwó Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *twai Proto-Germanic
- chi Swedish
- chitvåfördelning Swedish
- fot Swedish
- fördelning Swedish
- kamp Swedish
- krona Swedish
- tvekamp Swedish
- tvåfoting Swedish
- tvåkrona Swedish
- tvåöring Swedish
- öre Swedish
- ツー Japanese
- twā Old English
- twēġen Old English
- द्व Sanskrit
- द्वि Sanskrit
- twei Middle English
- two Middle English
- tva Old Norse
- tveir Old Norse
- tvá Old Norse
- to Danish
- *dъva Proto-Slavic
- tveir Icelandic
- دیگه Persian
- zwei Old High German
- երկու Old Armenian
- dá Old Irish
- tveir Faroese
- 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- *twai- gmw-pro
- *twai-, *twain- gmw-pro
- twē Old Dutch
- *dwau Proto-Celtic
- *dwáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tver Old Swedish
- tver, tvēr Old Swedish
- tjwå Westrobothnian
- *duō Proto-Italic
- tu Tok Pisin
- *duwō Proto-Albanian
- *duu̯a Proto-Iranian
- *dwitī́yakarah Proto-Iranian
- wi Tocharian B
- tu Sranan Tongo
- *dúwō Proto-Hellenic
- twå Elfdalian
- tu Fanagalo
- we Tocharian A
- wu Tocharian A
- tu Bislama
- dwai Old Prussian
- *duwō bat-pro
- tua Crimean Gothic