Where does “eleven” come from?

eleven (Tok Pisin) 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.

eleven (Tok Pisin): eleven

Definitions

  1. eleven

Ancestry of “eleven”, 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 →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →