Alvar
Swedish
proper noun
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse Alfarr, alfr (elf) + Old Norse herr (army, crowd, troops).
Origin
Old Norse
herr
Gloss
army, crowd, troops
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
軍
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alvari Finnish
- *h₂elbʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- alv Norwegian Bokmål
- hær Norwegian Bokmål
- *albiz Proto-Germanic
- *harjaz Proto-Germanic
- alf Swedish
- alv Swedish
- älf Swedish
- alv Norwegian Nynorsk
- hær Norwegian Nynorsk
- *hernest Old Norse
- Alfarr Old Norse
- Gandálfr Old Norse
- Vindálfr Old Norse
- Víðarr Old Norse
- alfr Old Norse
- herr Old Norse
- meginherr Old Norse
- alf Danish
- hær Danish
- Àlvar Catalan, Valencian
- her Icelandic
- álfur Icelandic
- herur Faroese
- álvur Faroese
- Alvar Estonian
- ælf Old Swedish
- ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ Proto-Norse