TWELVE

In Slavic languages, Latin and Latvian the general meaning of this word is "two on one hundred" or "two on ten".

Persian "دوازده‎ (davâzdah)" keeps a strong resemblance to the Slavic word proving that the Indo-European tribes that invaded Persia and India 3500 years ago originated in the Eastern Europe. Sanskrit "द्वादश (dvādaśa)" is yet another piece of evidence for that.

On the other hand Lithuanian "dvylika" resembles the Germanic "two + leave". Lithuanian "likti" is a cognate with Latvian "likt, lìeku (lay, put)", Old Prussian "polāikt (stay)", Ancient Greek "λείπω (leípō)" meaning "leave", Latin "linquō (leave)", Sanskrit "रेचति (recati)" meaning "abandon, leave, divide".

DVA- TVA-

Sanskrit: द्वादश (dvādaśa)

Belarusian: двана́ццаць (dvanáccacʹ)

Bulgarian: двана́десет (dvanádeset), двана́йсет (dvanájset)

Macedonian: двана́есет (dvanáeset)

Polish: dwanaście

Czech: dvanáct

Rusyn: двана́дцить (dvanádcytʹ)

Serbo-Croatian: два́нае̄ст, dvánaēst

Slovak: dvanásť

Slovene: dvanájst

Lower Sorbian: dwanasćo

Upper Sorbian: dwanaće

Ukrainian: двана́дцять (dvanádcjatʹ)

Central Kurdish: دوانزە‎ (dwanze), دوازدە‎ (dwazde)

Southern Kurdish: دوازدە‎ (dwazde)

Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif)

Afrikaans: twaalf

Dutch: twaalf

DUA-

---> Indonesian: dua belas

---> Malay: dua belas, sepuluh dua, satu puluh dua

DOUA-

Romanian: douăsprezece, douășpe

DUO-

Latin: duodecim

DVI-

Lithuanian: dvylika

DUV-

Old Church Slavonic: дъва на дєсѧтє (dŭva na desęte)

Tajik: дувоздаҳ (duvozdah)

DUS-

French: douze

Garifuna: dûsu

DIV-

Latgalian: divpadsmit

Latvian: divpadsmit

TOL-

Danish: tolv

Norwegian: tolv

Faroese: tólv

Swedish: tolv

West Frisian: tolf, tolve

Icelandic: tólf

DOL-

Sinhalese: දොළහ (doḷaha)

DAV-

Persian: دوازده‎ (davâzdah)

DAD-

Scottish Gaelic: dà dheug, a dhà dheug

DAO-

Breton: daouzek

DAZ-

Northern Kurdish: dazde

DA-

Manx: daa yeig

DUD-

Romansch: dudesch

DOD-

Greek: δώδεκα (dódeka)

Ancient: δώδεκα (dṓdeka)

Venetian: dódexe

Italian: dodici

Friulian: dodis

Irish: dó dhéag

DOT- DOC- DOZ-

Dalmatian: dotco

Catalan: dotze

Occitan: dotze

Aragonese: dotze, doce, doze

Spanish: doce

Asturian: doce

Galician: doce

Portuguese: doze

Walloon: doze

DOP-

---> Khmer: ដប់ពីរ (dop pī) (numeral: ១២)

DOG-

Sardinian: dóghi

DOI-

Romanian: doisprezece

DEG-

Welsh: deg dau

Welsh: undeg dwy

DYM-

Albanian: dymbëdhjetë

TWE-

Middle English: twelve

DVE-

Russian: двена́дцать (dvenádcatʹ)

ZVE-

Hunsrik: zwellef

Luxembourgish: zwielef

Pennsylvania German: zwelf, zwelfe

Vilamovian: cwełf

ZVO-

German: zwölf

TVO-

Low German: twölf

BAR-

Oriya: ବାର (bār) (numeral: ୧୨)

Punjabi: ਬਾਰਾਂ (bārāṅ) (numeral: ੧੨)

Hindi: बारह (bārah)

Article created on the 10th of August 2019.