"dwís" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Proto-Indo-European]

Etymology: From *dwóh₁ ("two") by analogy with *trís ("thrice"). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ine-pro|:from|ine-pro:*dwóh₁<id:two>|id=twice}} Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|adverb}} *dwís
  1. twice, doubly Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dwís-ine-pro-adv-tXOJhyZG
  2. in two Tags: reconstruction Derived forms (Early Proto-Albanian): dis- (english: borrowing from Latin dis- is also possible) Derived forms (Proto-Hellenic): ⇒ Ancient Greek: διά (diá) (english: see there for further descendants) Derived forms (Proto-Italic): dis- [Latin]
    Sense id: en-dwís-ine-pro-adv-VStPdjjS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the word *dwóh₁ Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the word *dwóh₁: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Early Proto-Albanian': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Hellenic': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'Proto-Italic': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Albanian: s- Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European (alt: < *tš < *dš < *diš), dwís z- (alt: < *tš < *dš < *diš), dis (alt: possibly dissimilated from *dwís before forms with initial *w-) (english: in two) Related terms: dwi-
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "< *tš < *dš < *diš",
      "word": "Albanian: s- Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "< *tš < *dš < *diš",
      "word": "dwís z-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "possibly dissimilated from *dwís before forms with initial *w-",
      "english": "in two",
      "translation": "in two",
      "word": "dis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "word": "dysh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sqj-pro",
      "word": "*dwis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "lang_code": "gml",
          "word": "twis"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "zwis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gem-pro",
      "word": "*twis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gem-pro",
      "word": "*twiz-"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "dís",
          "word": "δίς"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
      "lang_code": "grk-pro",
      "word": "*dwís"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sanskrit",
              "lang_code": "sa",
              "roman": "dvís",
              "word": "द्विस्"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
          "lang_code": "inc-pro",
          "word": "*dwíṣ"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Younger Avestan",
              "lang_code": "ae",
              "roman": "biš",
              "word": "𐬠𐬌𐬱"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Iranian",
          "lang_code": "ira-pro",
          "word": "*dwíš"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
      "lang_code": "iir-pro",
      "word": "*dwíš"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "word": "bis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Italic",
      "lang_code": "itc-pro",
      "word": "*dwis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "ine-pro:*dwóh₁<id:two>",
        "id": "twice"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *dwóh₁ (\"two\") by analogy with *trís (\"thrice\").",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwís",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwís",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dwi-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "twice, doubly"
      ],
      "id": "en-dwís-ine-pro-adv-tXOJhyZG",
      "links": [
        [
          "twice",
          "twice"
        ],
        [
          "doubly",
          "doubly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the word *dwóh₁",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "borrowing from Latin dis- is also possible",
          "sense": "Early Proto-Albanian",
          "translation": "borrowing from Latin dis- is also possible",
          "word": "dis-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "see there for further descendants",
          "roman": "diá",
          "sense": "Proto-Hellenic",
          "translation": "see there for further descendants",
          "word": "⇒ Ancient Greek: διά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "Proto-Italic",
          "tags": [
            "Latin"
          ],
          "word": "dis-"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in two"
      ],
      "id": "en-dwís-ine-pro-adv-VStPdjjS",
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
  ],
  "word": "dwís"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Indo-European adverbs",
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European terms belonging to the word *dwóh₁"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "< *tš < *dš < *diš",
      "word": "Albanian: s- Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European"
    },
    {
      "alt": "< *tš < *dš < *diš",
      "word": "dwís z-"
    },
    {
      "english": "borrowing from Latin dis- is also possible",
      "sense": "Early Proto-Albanian",
      "translation": "borrowing from Latin dis- is also possible",
      "word": "dis-"
    },
    {
      "english": "see there for further descendants",
      "roman": "diá",
      "sense": "Proto-Hellenic",
      "translation": "see there for further descendants",
      "word": "⇒ Ancient Greek: διά"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Proto-Italic",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "dis-"
    },
    {
      "alt": "possibly dissimilated from *dwís before forms with initial *w-",
      "english": "in two",
      "translation": "in two",
      "word": "dis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "lang_code": "sq",
          "word": "dysh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Albanian",
      "lang_code": "sqj-pro",
      "word": "*dwis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Middle Low German",
          "lang_code": "gml",
          "word": "twis"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "zwis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gem-pro",
      "word": "*twis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gem-pro",
      "word": "*twiz-"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "lang_code": "grc",
          "roman": "dís",
          "word": "δίς"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Hellenic",
      "lang_code": "grk-pro",
      "word": "*dwís"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Sanskrit",
              "lang_code": "sa",
              "roman": "dvís",
              "word": "द्विस्"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
          "lang_code": "inc-pro",
          "word": "*dwíṣ"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Younger Avestan",
              "lang_code": "ae",
              "roman": "biš",
              "word": "𐬠𐬌𐬱"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Proto-Iranian",
          "lang_code": "ira-pro",
          "word": "*dwíš"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
      "lang_code": "iir-pro",
      "word": "*dwíš"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Latin",
          "lang_code": "la",
          "word": "bis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Italic",
      "lang_code": "itc-pro",
      "word": "*dwis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "ine-pro:*dwóh₁<id:two>",
        "id": "twice"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *dwóh₁ (\"two\") by analogy with *trís (\"thrice\").",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwís",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwís",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dwi-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "twice, doubly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "twice",
          "twice"
        ],
        [
          "doubly",
          "doubly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
  ],
  "word": "dwís"
}

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