zwelif

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Old Saxon twelif, Old English twelf, Old Norse tólf.

Numeral

zwelif

1. twelve

Descendants

• Middle High German: zwelef, zwelf
  • Central Franconian: zwällef, zwellef (alternative spelling), zwöllef (Ripuarian variant from standard German)
  • Cimbrian: sbölbe
  • German: zwölf
  • Luxembourgish: zwielef
  • Vilamovian: cwełf
  • Yiddish: צוועלף (tsvelf)