elfe
French
noun
Definitions
- elf
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish älf derived from Old Norse alfr (elf) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (white, shining white, brilliant, mountain) derived from Proto-Germanic *albiz (elf, fairy).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*albiz
Gloss
elf, fairy
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alvin English
- Aubrey English
- elf English
- kalpea Finnish
- Albruna Latin
- *albʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂elbʰós Proto-Indo-European
- alv Norwegian Bokmål
- *albiz Proto-Germanic
- Alvar Swedish
- alf Swedish
- alv Swedish
- älf Swedish
- alv Norwegian Nynorsk
- ielf Old English
- Ælfhelm Old English
- ælf Old English
- elf Middle English
- elfe Middle English
- Gandálfr Old Norse
- Vindálfr Old Norse
- alfr Old Norse
- alf Danish
- *elbedь Proto-Slavic
- *olbǫdь Proto-Slavic
- Àlvar Catalan, Valencian
- álfur Icelandic
- alba Old High German
- alp Old High German
- álvur Faroese
- *albi gmw-pro
- *alf Old Dutch
- *kalbas Proto-Finnic
- *albiyū Proto-Celtic
- *Hr̥bʰúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- alf Old Saxon
- ælf Old Swedish
- *alβos Proto-Italic