Where does “ȧlf” come from?

ȧlf (Danish) comes from Old Norse Álfr, from Proto-Germanic albiz, from Proto-Indo-European albʰós — white.

ȧlf (Danish): fairy

Definitions

  1. fairy

Ancestry of “ȧlf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseÁlfr—
2Proto-Germanicalbizelf, fairy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanalbʰóswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European albʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic albiz →Every word from Old Norse Álfr →