Where does “Elfflächner” come from?

Elfflächner (German) comes from German Elf, from English elf, from Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

Elfflächner (German): hendecahedron

Definitions

  1. hendecahedron

Ancestry of “Elfflächner”, step by step

Elfflächner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Elf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanElfeleven; football team, XI; elf
2EnglishelfA luminous spirit presiding over nature and...
3Middle Englishelfelf, fairy; spirit, shade
4Old Englishielfelf
5Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
6Proto-Germanicalbīriver
7LatinAlbis—
8LatinAlbeus—

via German Flächen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlächenplural of Fläche; area
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →
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