Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/twai

English also had twei originally in addition to two and twain, as in the Wycliffe Bible and others. In fact, Wycliffe used twei much more than two. Some examples:

Jeremiah 52:29: In the eiytenthe yeer, Nabugodonosor translatide fro Jerusalem eiyte hundrid and two and thritti persoones.

" 24:1: The Lord schewide to me, and lo! twei panyeris ful of figys weren set bifor the temple of the Lord...

72.160.179.111 18:15, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

The Germanic form twau still survives to this day on the island of Hanö and nearby Listerlandet i the province of Blekinge, Sweden. Also other words are very different from Swedish (and Danish), like "oit" for one (it would be "oin" in non-neuter), and "troi" for three. 85.24.244.186 17:34, 17 July 2022 (UTC)