elvur

Faroese

/ˈɛlvʊɹ/

noun

Definitions

(poetic) river

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse elfr derived from Proto-Germanic *albī (river).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*albī

Gloss

river

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Classifier

`Kanji`

川, 河

Emoji

🐻

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Albis Latin
Elbe German
elv Norwegian Bokmål
*albī Proto-Germanic
älv Swedish
elv Norwegian Nynorsk
elfr Old Norse
elfur Icelandic
Elba Old High German
elv Faroese
elv Norwegian

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