elleven

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === eleven, elleovene, ellevene, ellevyn, endleve, enleve, enleven === Etymology === From Old English endleofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ainalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ainalif; forms with final /ə/ are from Old English inflected forms. The shift of primary stress from the first to the second syllable is unexpected. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːvən(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən(ə)/, /a(n)-/ (with loss of final /n/) IPA(key): /ɛ(n)ˈlɛːv(ə)/, /ɛ(n)ˈlɛv(ə)/, /a(n)-/ === Numeral === elleven eleven ==== Descendants ==== English: eleven Middle Scots: ane-levin, alevin, ellevin, elevin, levin Scots: eleiven, eleeven ==== References ==== “ellē̆ven, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 February 2019.