Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ainalif

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *ainalif
    Ordinal : *ainaliftô
    Multiplier : *ainaliffalþaz

*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, →ISBN, page 11
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