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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albiz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑl.βiz/
Noun
*albiz m
- elf
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *albiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *albiz | *albīz | |
vocative | *albi | *albīz | |
accusative | *albį | *albinz | |
genitive | *albīz | *albijǫ̂ | |
dative | *albī | *albimaz | |
instrumental | *albī | *albimiz |
Derived terms
- *Albigaizaz
- *Albiharjaz
- *Albiraginaz
- *Albirēdaz
- *Albirīks
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *albi
- Old English: ielf, ælf
- Middle English: elf, elfe, helfe
- English: elf (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: elf
- Yola: elf
- Middle English: elf, elfe, helfe
- Old Frisian: *alf, *elf
- West Frisian: alve
- Old Saxon: alf
- Middle Low German: alf
- Old Dutch: *alf
- Middle Dutch: alf
- Dutch: alf
- Middle Dutch: alf
- Old High German: alb, alp
- German: Alb, Alp
- Old English: ielf, ælf
- Old Norse: alfr, álfr
- Icelandic: álfur
- Faroese: álvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alv, elv; (dialectal) alg
- Norwegian Bokmål: alv, elv
- Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
- Swedish: älva; alf, alv (reborrowed from Old Norse)
- Danish: alf (reborrowed from Old Norse), elv (now only poetic)
- → Arabic: آلْف (ʾālf)
- → English: auf, oaf
- → Scottish Gaelic: ealbhar