Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/twalif

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

From a compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“leave, remain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtwɑliɸ/

Numeral

cardinal number
12	Previous:	*ainalif
12	Next:	*þritehun

*twalif (ordinal *twaliftô)

twelve

Derived terms

*twaliftô

Descendants

Old English: twelf, tƿelf, tuelf
- Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
  - English: twelve
  - Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)
Old Frisian: twelif, twelef
- North Frisian: tweelwen
- Saterland Frisian: tweelif, tweelf, tweelich
- West Frisian: tolve, tolf
Old Saxon: twelif, twilif, twulif
- Middle Low German: twelef, tweleve, twelve, twelf, twalf
  - German Low German: twalf, twalv
  - Plautdietsch: twelf
Old Dutch: *twelif, *twalif
- Middle Dutch: twelef, tweelf, twalef, twaelf
  - Dutch: twaalf
    - Afrikaans: twaalf
  - Limburgish: twelf
Old High German: zwelif
- Middle High German: zwelef, zwelf
  - Central Franconian: zwällef, zwellef
  - Cimbrian: sbölbe, zbölve
  - German: zwölf
  - Luxembourgish: zwielef
  - Vilamovian: cwełf
  - Yiddish: צוועלף‎ (tsvelf)
Old Norse: tólf
- Icelandic: tólf
- Faroese: tólv
- Norwegian Bokmål: tolv
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tolv
- Old Swedish: tolf
  - Swedish: tolv
- Old Danish: tolf
  - Danish: tolv
- Elfdalian: tolv
- Gutnish: tåll, tålv
Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif)

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