Where does “eleven” come from?

eleven (Translingual) 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 (Translingual): radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

Definitions

  1. radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

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
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