twelf

Part of speech: numeral

twelve

Etymology

[Mod E TWELVE ← Prot-Germ *twalifa ← *twa numer (vid twéȝen) + *liba, *lifa (vid endleofan numer); Goth twalif; O Fris twelef, twelf, twilif; O Sax twelif; Dt twaalf; OHG zwelif (Mod G zwölf); Icel tólf; Sw tolv]