älv
Swedish
/ˈɛlv/
noun
Definitions
- a 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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elbe English
- Elfdalia English
- Elfdalian English
- Albis Latin
- Elbbrücke German
- Elbe German
- Elbmetropole German
- Elbstadt German
- elbisch German
- Ἄλβις Ancient Greek
- elv Norwegian Bokmål
- elvebekken Norwegian Bokmål
- elvebredd Norwegian Bokmål
- elvebåt Norwegian Bokmål
- elvedal Norwegian Bokmål
- elvedelta Norwegian Bokmål
- elveløp Norwegian Bokmål
- elvemunning Norwegian Bokmål
- elvevann Norwegian Bokmål
- lakseelv Norwegian Bokmål
- sideelv Norwegian Bokmål
- *albī Proto-Germanic
- Łaba Polish
- elv Norwegian Nynorsk
- elfr Old Norse
- Elben Danish
- Labe Czech
- elfur Icelandic
- Elba Old High German
- elv Faroese
- elvur Faroese
- Elbe Middle High German
- Labe Slovak
- elv Norwegian
- Låbü Polabian