ellifu

ellifu
card. numb. eleven.
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mod. ellefu, ord. numb., the Goth. ainlif; A. S. ellefne; Engl. eleven; Germ. eilf; Swed. elfva; Dan. elleve:—‘lif’ is an obsolete word, denoting ten, so that ‘eleven, twelve’ are formed just like thirteen, fourteen, etc.

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  • Eleven — E*lev en ([ e]*l[e^]v n), a. [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, [ o]lwe, [ o]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v[ e]nolika; and fr. the root… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eleven — /i lev euhn/, n. 1. a cardinal number, ten plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 11 or XI. 3. a set of this many persons or things, as a football team. adj. 4. amounting to eleven in number. [bef. 900; ME elleven(e), OE ellefne, endleofan; c …   Universalium

  • elf — AdjNum std. (9. Jh.), mhd. eilf, einlif, einlef, ahd. einlif, as. ellevan Stammwort. Aus g. * aina lif (teilweise mit Endung der n Stämme) elf , auch in gt. ainlif, anord. ellifu, ae. endleofan. Das Germanische hat in der Zahlenreihe diese… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • eleven — c.1200, elleovene, from O.E. endleofan, lit. one left (over ten), from P.Gmc. *ainlif (Cf. O.S. elleban, O.Fris. andlova, Du. elf, O.H.G. einlif, Ger. elf, O.N. ellifu, Goth. ainlif), a compound of *ain one (see …   Etymology dictionary

  • leikʷ- —     leikʷ     English meaning: to leave     Deutsche Übersetzung: “lassen, zurũck , ũbriglassen”     Grammatical information: imperfect leikʷō , perfective li n kʷō (originally athematic); Aor. 3. sg. e likʷ e, perf. le loikʷ e; participle perf …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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