zwene

Old High German

**Old High German cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : zwene Ordinal : andar

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Old English twēġen, Old Dutch and Old Saxon twēne.

Numeral

zwēne m (feminine zwō, neuter zwei)

two

Descendants

Middle High German: zwei
- Alemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo
- Bavarian: zwoa, zwo
  - Cimbrian:
    - Luserna: zboa
    - Sette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f
- Central Franconian: zwei, zwien
  - Hunsrik: zweu
- East Franconian: zwej
- East Central German:
  Upper Saxon: zwee
- German: zwei, zwo, zween m (archaic)
- Luxembourgish: zwee
- Rhine Franconian:
  Palatine German: zwee
  
  Pennsylvania German: zwee
- Vilamovian: cwē
- Yiddish: צוויי‎ (tsvey)

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