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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainalif

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Compound of *ainaz (“one”) and *-lif (“left over”), from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯nɑliɸ/

Numeral
cardinal number
11 Previous: *tehun
Next: *twalif

*ainalif [1]

  1. eleven

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ainalifa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 11
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