Where does “elfhundert” come from?
elfhundert (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.
elfhundert (German): eleven hundred
Definitions
- eleven hundred
Ancestry of “elfhundert”, step by step
elfhundert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Elf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Elf | eleven; football team, XI; elf |
| 2 | English | elf | A luminous spirit presiding over nature and... |
| 3 | Middle English | elf | elf, fairy; spirit, shade |
| 4 | Old English | ielf | elf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | albi | elf, fairy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | albī | river |
| 7 | Latin | Albis | — |
| 8 | Latin | Albeus | — |
via German Hundert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hundert | the number 100; A unity of hundred things |
| 2 | Middle High German | hundert | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | hunderod | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |