Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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Compound of *ainaz (“one”) and *-lif (“left over”), from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”).
Pronunciation
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*ainalif[1]
- eleven
Descendants
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- Old English: endleofan, enlefen; endlufon
- Old Frisian: andlova, alleva, elleva
- Old Saxon: ellevan
- 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
- Old Danish: ællifu, ællæuæ, ælløuæ, ællefue
- Gutnish: elve, elvå, elvu
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (ainlif)
References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ainalifa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11