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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwís

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From PIE *dwóh₁ ("two") by analogy with *trís ("thrice").

Adverb

*dwís

  1. twice, doubly
  2. in two

Descendants
  • Pre-Proto-Albanian: *dwis[1]
    • Early Proto-Albanian: *dis-[2]
  • Proto-Germanic: *twiz- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *dwís
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwíš
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwíṣ
    • Proto-Iranian: *dwíš
      • Avestan: 𐬠𐬌𐬱‎ (biš)
  • Proto-Italic: *dwis

See also

References
  • Martínez García, Javier; de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 173-174
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