tolf

See also: tólf

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tolf, tolf. From Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Danish: tolv

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• tólf

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalif. Later becomes lengthened to tólf.

Numeral

tolf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Icelandic: tólf
• Faroese: tólv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tolv
• Norwegian Bokmål: tolv
• Old Danish: tolf
  • Danish: tolv
• Old Swedish: tolf
  • Swedish: tolv

References

• “tolf”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tólf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

tolf

1. twelve

Descendants

• Swedish: tolv