ellevan

Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ellevan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Compare Old English endleofan, Old Frisian andlova, Old High German einlif, Old Norse ellifu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.le.fɑn/, /ˈel.le.βɑn/

Numeral

ellevan

1. eleven

Descendants

• 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