Words that come from Proto-Germanic “-lif”

139 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Germanic -lif — including twelve, eleven, eleventh, Twelver, elevens, twelvefold, elevenpence, twelvepence.

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English (37)

German (17)

Yiddish (8)

Middle English (6)

Dutch (5)

Swedish (4)

Middle High German (4)

West Frisian (3)

Danish (3)

Old High German (3)

Japanese (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Scots (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Icelandic (2)

Faroese (2)

Gothic (2)

Old Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Cimbrian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old English (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

German Low German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)