fíll
Icelandic
[fitl]
noun
Definitions
- an elephant (Elephantidae)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fíll (elephant) derived from Arabic فِيل (elephant) derived from Persian پیل.
Origin
Persian
پیل
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alfil Spanish, Castilian
- fíll Old Norse
- fílsbein Old Norse
- filsben Danish
- فِيل Arabic
- Afríka Icelandic
- afríkufíll Icelandic
- bein Icelandic
- fílsbein Icelandic
- loðfíll Icelandic
- alfil Galician
- فیل Persian
- پیل Persian
- fílur Faroese
- піл Kazakh
- fil Azerbaijani
- فیل Ottoman Turkish
- پیل Ottoman Turkish
- fil Maltese
- pyl Middle Persian
- ֆիլ Middle Armenian
- 𒄠𒋛 Akkadian
- پیل Pashto, Pushto
- пил Ossetian, Ossetic
- пыл Ossetian, Ossetic