English
Zweig
Zweig comes from German Zweig ‘branch, twig’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *twīgą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*twīgą‘branch’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*twīgreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050zwīg‘twig, branch’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350zwīc
- Germanc. 1650–presentZweig‘branch, twig’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*twīgą‘branch’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*twīgreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050zwīg‘twig, branch’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350zwīc
- Germanc. 1650–presentZweig‘branch, twig’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
Earliest quotation: 2007, David Barboza, China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption: “This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
two, doubt, vice, defeat, twin, dual, duo, binary, vicious, diplomacy, dubious, duet, twain, bis, disparate, biceps, deuce, bes, binocular, betwixt, 21 more
through Proto-Germanic *twīgą ‘branch’
Today it means
name A surname from German or Yiddish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *twīgą / Zweig