Where does “elvebredd” come from?
elvebredd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål elv, from Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.
elvebredd (Norwegian Bokmål): a riverbank
Ancestry of “elvebredd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | elv | a river; an elf |
| 2 | Old Norse | elfr | river |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | albī | river |
| 4 | Latin | Albis | — |
| 5 | Latin | Albeus | — |