elleven

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: elleven

Alternative forms

• eleven, elleovene, ellevene, ellevyn, endleve, enleve, enleven

Etymology

From Old English endleofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ainalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ainalif; forms with final /ə/ are from Old English inflected forms.

The shift of primary stress from the first to the second syllable is unexpected.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːvən(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən(ə)/, /a(n)-/
• (with loss of final /n/) IPA^(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːv(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛv(ə)/, /a(n)-/

Numeral

elleven

1. eleven

Descendants

• English: eleven
• Middle Scots: ane-levin, alevin, ellevin, elevin, levin
  • Scots: eleiven, eleeven

References

• “ellē̆ven, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-14.