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This Proto-Germanic 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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Compound of *ainaz (“one”) and *-lif (“left over”), from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”).[1]
Pronunciation
Numeral
*ainalif[1]
- eleven
Descendants
- Old English: endleofan, enlefen — Mercian, endlufon — West Saxon
- Old Frisian: andlova, alleva, elleva
- Old Saxon: ellevan, elevan, elleven
- Middle Low German: elvene
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: elf
- German Low German: elf, eleve, ölve, ölven
- Hamburgisch: ülben, ölben
- Westphalian:
- Sauerländisch: elf, elwe, elbe, elwene, elewe, elef, elewene, elewen
- Westmünsterländisch: elf
- Plautdietsch: alf
- Old Dutch: *ellef
- Old High German: einlif
- Old Norse: ellifu
- Icelandic: ellefu
- Faroese: ellivu
- Norwegian: elleve
- Jamtish: elluv
- Elfdalian: ellåv
- Old Swedish: ællivu, ællivo, ællevo, ælleve, ælleva, ællovo, ællova
- Swedish: elva, (archaic or dialectal) ellova
- Old Danish: ællifu, ællæuæ, ælløuæ, ællefue
- Gutnish: elve, elvå, elvu
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (ainlif)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ainalifa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11