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Where does “twelfte” come from?

twelfte (Middle English) comes from Old English twelfta, from Proto-Germanic twaliftô — twelfth.

Ancestry of “twelfte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtwelftatwelfth
2Proto-Germanictwaliftôtwelfth

Words derived from “twelfte”

  • twelfth
  • twelfthly
  • Twelfthtide
Every word from Proto-Germanic twaliftô →