Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/dúwo

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
20
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    Cardinal: *dúwo
    Ordinal: *déuteros

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *duwó, a variant of *dwóh₁ (“two”).[1]

Numeral

*dúwo

  1. two

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: δύο (dúo)
    • Greek: δύο (dýo)
    • Tsakonian: δύου (dýou), δύ’ (dý’) (Southern dialect)
    • Tsakonian: ντύο (ntýo), ντυό (ntyó), ντό (ntó) (Propontis dialect)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δύο”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359
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