"twai" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Numeral

IPA: /twɑi̯/
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with plural suffix *-i. Compare *þai (“they, those”), from demonstrative root *þa-. Etymology templates: {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Head templates: {{head|gem-pro|numeral}} *twai Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-num-2}} Forms: irregular [table-tags], twai? *twain-? [masculine, nominative, plural], twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz? [feminine, nominative, plural], twō? *twa-ō? *twai? [neuter, nominative, plural], twanz? [accusative, masculine, plural], twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz? [accusative, feminine, plural], twō? *twa-ō? *twai? [accusative, neuter, plural], twajjǫ̂ [genitive, masculine, plural], twajjǫ̂ [feminine, genitive, plural], twajjǫ̂ [genitive, neuter, plural], twaimaz [dative, masculine, plural], twaimaz [dative, feminine, plural], twaimaz [dative, neuter, plural], twaimiz [instrumental, masculine, plural], twaimiz [feminine, instrumental, plural], twaimiz [instrumental, neuter, plural]
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*twai-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *twai-\nOld English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n\nMiddle English: twei, tweine, two, twa, tu\nEnglish: twain, two, tway (obsolete)\nSolombala English: ту (tu)\nScots: twa, twae\nYola: twye\nOld Frisian: twēne, twā\nNorth Frisian: tou\nSaterland Frisian: twäin, two\nWest Frisian: twa\nOld Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n\nMiddle Low German: twê, twî\nGerman Low German: twee\nPlautdietsch: twee\nOld Dutch: twēne m, twē\nMiddle Dutch: twee, twe\nDutch: twee\nAfrikaans: twee\nOld High German: zwēne m\nMiddle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n\nAlemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo\nBavarian: zwoa, zwo\nCimbrian:\nLuserna: zboa\nSette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f\nMòcheno: zboa\nCentral Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)\nHunsrik: zweu\nLuxembourgish: zwéin m, zwou f, zwee n\nEast Franconian: zwej\nEast Central German:\nUpper Saxon German: zwee\nGerman: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween\nRhine Franconian:\nPalatine German: zwee\nPennsylvania German: zwee\nVilamovian: cwē\nYiddish: צוויי (tsvey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *twai-\nOld English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n\nMiddle English: twei, tweine, two, twa, tu\nEnglish: twain, two, tway (obsolete)\nSolombala English: ту (tu)\nScots: twa, twae\nYola: twye\nOld Frisian: twēne, twā\nNorth Frisian: tou\nSaterland Frisian: twäin, two\nWest Frisian: twa\nOld Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n\nMiddle Low German: twê, twî\nGerman Low German: twee\nPlautdietsch: twee\nOld Dutch: twēne m, twē\nMiddle Dutch: twee, twe\nDutch: twee\nAfrikaans: twee\nOld High German: zwēne m\nMiddle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n\nAlemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo\nBavarian: zwoa, zwo\nCimbrian:\nLuserna: zboa\nSette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f\nMòcheno: zboa\nCentral Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)\nHunsrik: zweu\nLuxembourgish: zwéin m, zwou f, zwee n\nEast Franconian: zwej\nEast Central German:\nUpper Saxon German: zwee\nGerman: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween\nRhine Franconian:\nPalatine German: zwee\nPennsylvania German: zwee\nVilamovian: cwē\nYiddish: צוויי (tsvey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "tveir",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: tveir m\nIcelandic: tveir m\nFaroese: tveir m\nNorwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m\nNorwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m\nDalian: tver, twèr m or f\nOld Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m\nSwedish: två\nOld Danish: twā, two, to\nDanish: to\nNorwegian Bokmål: to\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: to\nGutnish: tweir\n→ Old Frisian: twēr",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: tveir m\nIcelandic: tveir m\nFaroese: tveir m\nNorwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m\nNorwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m\nDalian: tver, twèr m or f\nOld Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m\nSwedish: två\nOld Danish: twā, two, to\nDanish: to\nNorwegian Bokmål: to\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: to\nGutnish: tweir\n→ Old Frisian: twēr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dwóh₁"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with plural suffix *-i. Compare *þai (“they, those”), from demonstrative root *þa-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-num-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twai? *twain-?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twō? *twa-ō? *twai?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twanz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twō? *twa-ō? *twai?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "*twai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-num-2"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twai",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two"
      ],
      "id": "en-twai-gem-pro-num-P8TM~nRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twɑi̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twai"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*twai-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *twai-\nOld English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n\nMiddle English: twei, tweine, two, twa, tu\nEnglish: twain, two, tway (obsolete)\nSolombala English: ту (tu)\nScots: twa, twae\nYola: twye\nOld Frisian: twēne, twā\nNorth Frisian: tou\nSaterland Frisian: twäin, two\nWest Frisian: twa\nOld Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n\nMiddle Low German: twê, twî\nGerman Low German: twee\nPlautdietsch: twee\nOld Dutch: twēne m, twē\nMiddle Dutch: twee, twe\nDutch: twee\nAfrikaans: twee\nOld High German: zwēne m\nMiddle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n\nAlemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo\nBavarian: zwoa, zwo\nCimbrian:\nLuserna: zboa\nSette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f\nMòcheno: zboa\nCentral Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)\nHunsrik: zweu\nLuxembourgish: zwéin m, zwou f, zwee n\nEast Franconian: zwej\nEast Central German:\nUpper Saxon German: zwee\nGerman: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween\nRhine Franconian:\nPalatine German: zwee\nPennsylvania German: zwee\nVilamovian: cwē\nYiddish: צוויי (tsvey)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *twai-\nOld English: twēġen m, twā f, tū, twā n\nMiddle English: twei, tweine, two, twa, tu\nEnglish: twain, two, tway (obsolete)\nSolombala English: ту (tu)\nScots: twa, twae\nYola: twye\nOld Frisian: twēne, twā\nNorth Frisian: tou\nSaterland Frisian: twäin, two\nWest Frisian: twa\nOld Saxon: twēne, twēna m, twō, twā f, twē n\nMiddle Low German: twê, twî\nGerman Low German: twee\nPlautdietsch: twee\nOld Dutch: twēne m, twē\nMiddle Dutch: twee, twe\nDutch: twee\nAfrikaans: twee\nOld High German: zwēne m\nMiddle High German: zwēne m, zwō f, zwei n\nAlemannic German: zwei, zwe, zwo, zwöi, zwee, zwa, zwoi, zwea, zwuo\nBavarian: zwoa, zwo\nCimbrian:\nLuserna: zboa\nSette Comuni: sbéen m or n, sbòa f\nMòcheno: zboa\nCentral Franconian: zwei, zwien (archaic masculine form); zwo, zwu (archaic feminine form)\nHunsrik: zweu\nLuxembourgish: zwéin m, zwou f, zwee n\nEast Franconian: zwej\nEast Central German:\nUpper Saxon German: zwee\nGerman: zwei, (rarer) zwo, (obsolete) zween\nRhine Franconian:\nPalatine German: zwee\nPennsylvania German: zwee\nVilamovian: cwē\nYiddish: צוויי (tsvey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "tveir",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: tveir m\nIcelandic: tveir m\nFaroese: tveir m\nNorwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m\nNorwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m\nDalian: tver, twèr m or f\nOld Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m\nSwedish: två\nOld Danish: twā, two, to\nDanish: to\nNorwegian Bokmål: to\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: to\nGutnish: tweir\n→ Old Frisian: twēr",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: tveir m\nIcelandic: tveir m\nFaroese: tveir m\nNorwegian Nynorsk: tvo, to; tvei m\nNorwegian: (dialectal) tvó, tó; två, tveir m\nDalian: tver, twèr m or f\nOld Swedish: tvēr, twē, tvā m\nSwedish: två\nOld Danish: twā, two, to\nDanish: to\nNorwegian Bokmål: to\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: to\nGutnish: tweir\n→ Old Frisian: twēr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dwóh₁"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with plural suffix *-i. Compare *þai (“they, those”), from demonstrative root *þa-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-num-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twai? *twain-?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twō? *twa-ō? *twai?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twanz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twōz? *twaōz? *twaiōz?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twō? *twa-ō? *twai?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twajjǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "*twai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-num-2"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twai",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic numerals",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Proto-Germanic terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twɑi̯/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twai"
}

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