"dwi-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See dwi- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Zero grade form of the numeral *dwóh₁ (“two”). Etymology templates: {{m|ine-pro|*dwóh₁||two}} *dwóh₁ (“two”) Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|prefix}} *dwi-
  1. two Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dwi--ine-pro-prefix-P8TM~nRY
  2. apart, asunder Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-dwi--ine-pro-prefix-guClUy7Q Categories (other): Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dwís (english: twice, doubly), wi

Download JSON data for dwi- meaning in Proto-Indo-European (5.7kB)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկու",
            "alt": "երկի-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկի- (erki-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկի- (erki-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*twi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *twi-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *twi- (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δι-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δι- (di-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δι- (di-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δι-",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δι- (di-), δί- (dí-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δι- (di-), δί- (dí-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "bi-",
            "3": "du-"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: bi-, du-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: bi-, du-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "द्वि",
            "t": "two",
            "tr": "dvi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: द्वि (dvi-, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: द्वि (dvi-, “two”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌",
            "t": "two"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌 (duui, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍",
            "3": "",
            "4": "different, various; doubt"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬠𐬌",
            "3": "",
            "4": "two- (as prefix)"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬠𐬌 (bi, “two- (as prefix)”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭",
            "3": "",
            "4": "two-day"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌 (duui, “two”) (as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)), 𐬠𐬌 (bi, “two- (as prefix)”) (e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae-yng",
            "2": "𐬎𐬎𐬌",
            "t": "two"
          },
          "expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬎𐬌 (uui, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬬𐬍",
            "3": "",
            "4": "separate, apart, asunder, through"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬎𐬌 (uui, “two”) (don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": "*dwoy-"
          },
          "expansion": "*dwoy-",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*dwoy-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*duaigā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *duaigā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *duaigā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "degë"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: degë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: degë"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dwóh₁",
        "3": "",
        "4": "two"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwóh₁ (“two”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Zero grade form of the numeral *dwóh₁ (“two”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwi-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwi-",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "twice, doubly",
      "word": "dwís"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "two"
      ],
      "id": "en-dwi--ine-pro-prefix-P8TM~nRY",
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "apart, asunder"
      ],
      "id": "en-dwi--ine-pro-prefix-guClUy7Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "apart",
          "apart"
        ],
        [
          "asunder",
          "asunder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwi-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
    "Proto-Indo-European prefixes"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկու",
            "alt": "երկի-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկի- (erki-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկի- (erki-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*twi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *twi-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *twi- (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δι-"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δι- (di-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δι- (di-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δι-",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δι- (di-), δί- (dí-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δι- (di-), δί- (dí-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "bi-",
            "3": "du-"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: bi-, du-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: bi-, du-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "द्वि",
            "t": "two",
            "tr": "dvi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: द्वि (dvi-, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: द्वि (dvi-, “two”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*dwi-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *dwi-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *dwi-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌",
            "t": "two"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌 (duui, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍",
            "3": "",
            "4": "different, various; doubt"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬠𐬌",
            "3": "",
            "4": "two- (as prefix)"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬠𐬌 (bi, “two- (as prefix)”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭",
            "3": "",
            "4": "two-day"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌 (duui, “two”) (as a prefix in some words e.g., 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuidī, “different, various; doubt”)), 𐬠𐬌 (bi, “two- (as prefix)”) (e.g., 𐬠𐬌𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (biaiiar, “two-day”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae-yng",
            "2": "𐬎𐬎𐬌",
            "t": "two"
          },
          "expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬎𐬌 (uui, “two”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬬𐬍",
            "3": "",
            "4": "separate, apart, asunder, through"
          },
          "expansion": "𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”))",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬎𐬌 (uui, “two”) (don't mix up with 𐬬𐬍 (vī, “separate, apart, asunder, through”))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": "*dwoy-"
          },
          "expansion": "*dwoy-",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*dwoy-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*duaigā"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *duaigā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *duaigā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "degë"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: degë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: degë"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dwóh₁",
        "3": "",
        "4": "two"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwóh₁ (“two”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Zero grade form of the numeral *dwóh₁ (“two”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "*dwi-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwi-",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "twice, doubly",
      "word": "dwís"
    },
    {
      "word": "wi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "two"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apart, asunder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apart",
          "apart"
        ],
        [
          "asunder",
          "asunder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwi-"
}

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