tólf

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Contents

1 Icelandic
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Cardinal number
  - 1.2.1 Related terms
  - 1.2.2 Derived terms
2 Old Norse
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Cardinal number
  - 2.2.1 Descendants

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse tólf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Faroese tólv, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish tolv.

Cardinal number [edit]

tólf (indeclinable)

twelve; the cardinal number after ellefu and before þrettán.

Related terms [edit]

(ordinal form) tólfti m, tólfta f and n

Derived terms [edit]

klukkan tólf

Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Old Saxon twēlif, Old English twelf, Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif).

Cardinal number [edit]

tólf

twelve

Descendants [edit]

Danish: tolv
Faroese: tólv
Icelandic: tólf

Norwegian: tolv
Old Swedish: tolf
- Swedish: tolv

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