zweinzug

Old High German

Etymology

From an earlier *tweintug, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz, *twaintigaz. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English twentig, Old Norse tuttugu. Corresponds to a compound of zwein- from zwēne and -zug.

Numeral

zweinzug

1. twenty

Descendants

• Middle High German: zweinzec, zweinzic
  • Alemannic German: zwenzig
  • Cimbrian: sbòanskh, zbuantzekh (Luserna)
  • German: zwanzig
  • Luxembourgish: zwanzeg
  • Yiddish: צוואַנציק (tsvantsik), צוואָנציק (tsvontsik)