elf
Afrikaans
/ɛlf/
numeral
Definitions
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Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish elf (eleven) inherited from Middle Dutch ellef inherited from Old Dutch *ellef inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (one left).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ainalif
Gloss
one left
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boself Dutch, Flemish
- elf Dutch, Flemish
- elfenbank Dutch, Flemish
- elfin Dutch, Flemish
- elfje Dutch, Flemish
- elfletterig Dutch, Flemish
- elftal Dutch, Flemish
- elvin Dutch, Flemish
- op zijn elfendertigst Dutch, Flemish
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- *ainalif Proto-Germanic
- endleofan Old English
- ellifu Old Norse
- ellef Middle Dutch
- einlif Old High German
- 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 Gothic
- *ellef Old Dutch
- ellevan Old Saxon
- ællivu Old Swedish
- alleva Old Frisian
- andlova Old Frisian
- erfu Sranan Tongo