zwie-

See also: zwie

German

Etymology

From Old High German zwi-. Cognate with Old Norse tuī-, Old English twi-, Dutch twee-, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃- (twis-), Low German twi-, Latin bi-, Sanskrit द्वि (dvi-).[1]

Prefix

zwie-

  1. twi-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with zwie-
Zwiegespräch
Zwielaut
Zwielicht
Zwiespalt
Zwiesprache
Zwieback

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zwie-”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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