< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lif
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *lībaną (“to remain, be left”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liɸ/
Suffix
Used in Proto-Germanic *ainalif and Proto-Germanic *twalif by compounding with *ainaz (“one”) and *twai (“two”), in the sense of how many are left over after counting ten.