zweinzug

Old High German

Etymology

From an earlier *tweintug, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz, *twaintigaz. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English twentig, Old Norse tuttugu. Corresponds to a compound of zwein- from zwēne and -zug.

Numeral

zweinzug

twenty

Descendants

Middle High German: zweinzec, zweinzic
- Alemannic German: zwenzig
- Cimbrian: sbòanskh, zbuantzekh
- German: zwanzig
- Luxembourgish: zwanzeg
- Yiddish: צוואַנציק‎ (tsvantsik), צוואָנציק‎ (tsvontsik)

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