Etymology

swy

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Today it means: A two-shilling coin. Full definition →

First used 1913.German zwei
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The story

  1. German · derived fromzwei“two”
  2. English todayswy

From German zwei (“two”). Doublet of tway.

Words from the same roots

Germanzwei all →

zweibeinZweilütschinen

First known use, by meaning

  • From 1913. Two-up.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.