Part of speech: numeral
eleven (also endlefan, indleofan, endlufan, endlyfan, endleofon)
Etymology
[Mod E ELEVEN ← Prot-Germ *ainaliba, *ainalifa ← *ainaz numer (vid án) + *liba, *lifa (← *līban “to remain”); literally, the numer “eleven” means in German languages: “one after ten; one remaining after ten” (vid also twelf “twelve”); Goth ainlif; O Fris andlova, elleva, alvene; O Sax ellivan, ellevan; Dt elf; OHG einlif (Mod G elf); O Icel ellifu (Mod Icel ellefu); Sw elva]
