Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twīgą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwigʰon (“forked branch”), which Orel derives from *dwóh₁ (“two”), presumably based on the two-forked shape of twigs, though Kroonen adduces no cognates outside of Germanic and leaves the origin open. Compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwiː.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*twīgą n

1. branch
2. twig

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *twīgą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*twīgą	*twīgō
vocative	*twīgą	*twīgō
accusative	*twīgą	*twīgō
genitive	*twīgas, *twīgis	*twīgǫ̂
dative	*twīgai	*twīgamaz
instrumental	*twīgō	*twīgamiz

Synonyms

• (branch): *astaz
• (branch): *limuz
• *snaisō
• *tainaz
• *telguz, *telgǭ
• *twōgaz
• *t(w)ōgô

Descendants

• Old English: twiġ; twī; (twīġa); (twicg, twigg)
  • Middle English: twi, twyg, twig; (twigge, twig)
    • Scots: twigg, tuigg
    • English: twig
• Old Frisian: *twīch
  • North Frisian: twiig
  • Saterland Frisian: Twiech
  • West Frisian: twiich
• Old Saxon: *twig, *twīh
  • Middle Low German: twîch
    • German Low German: Twieg
• Old Dutch: *twig, *twīh
  • Middle Dutch: twijch
    • Dutch: twijg
• Old High German: zwīg; (zwī)
  • Middle High German: zwīc; (zwī)
    • German: Zweig
    • Luxembourgish: Zwäig
    • Yiddish: צווײַג (tsvayg)