elleven
Middle English
← 10 | 11 | 12 → |
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Cardinal: elleven |
Alternative forms
- eleven, elleovene, ellevene, ellevyn, endleve, enleve, enleven
Etymology
From Old English endleofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ainalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ainalif; forms with final /ə/ are from Old English inflected forms.
The shift of primary stress from the first to the second syllable is unexpected.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːvən(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən(ə)/, /a(n)-/
- (with loss of final /n/) IPA(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːv(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛv(ə)/, /a(n)-/
Numeral
elleven
- eleven
Descendants
- English: eleven
- Middle Scots: ane-levin, alevin, ellevin, elevin, levin
- Scots: eleiven, eleeven
References
- “ellē̆ven, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-14.