twelf

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English twelve.

Numeral

twelf

1. twelve

German Low German

Numeral

twelf

1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of twalf (twelve)

Middle English

Numeral

twelf

1. alternative form of twelve

Middle Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve.

Numeral

twelf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Scots: twal

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

	120
←  11	12	13  →
Cardinal: twelf     Ordinal: twelfta     Age: twelfwintre     Multiplier: twelffeald

Alternative forms

• twælf — late Kentish
• tuœlf — Northumbrian
• tuelf

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twelf/, [tweɫf]

Numeral

twelf

1. twelve
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     [Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.

     [Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Beforan Moyse and hys folce, hē ðone Rēadan sǣ on twelf wegas ādrīġde; þæt hī, drīġan fōtan, þæne sǣ oferfērdon.

     Before Moses and His people, He dried up twelve paths in the Red Sea, so that they could cross the sea with dry feet.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	—	twelf, twelfe
accusative	—	twelf, twelfe
genitive	—	twelfa
dative	—	twelfum

Derived terms

• twelffeald
• twelfhynde

Descendants

• Middle English: twelve, twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf
  • English: twelve
  • Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)