Where does “leven” come from?

leven (Bislama) comes from English eleven, from Old English hundendleftig, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

leven (Bislama): eleven

Definitions

  1. eleven

Ancestry of “leven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelevenThe cardinal number occurring after ten and...
2Old Englishhundendleftigone hundred and ten
3Old Englishhunddog; hundred
4Proto-West Germanichunddog
5Proto-Germanichundazdog
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ