Talk:tuwe
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Complete Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tocharian *twe, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂, via an oblique form *two-. Cognate with Tocharian A tu.
Demonstration
[edit]Tocharian A regularly loses word-final Proto-Tocharian vowels, which triggers an epenthetic rectification of *w and *y into u and i, respectively. So: *twe > *tw > tu. Tocharian B simply vocalizes the initial glide: *twe > tuwe. For Proto-Indo-European extension *two-, compare the Armenian reflexes. 74.185.212.232 05:36, 4 January 2014 (UTC)