Where does “alefan” come from?

alefan (Old English) comes from Old English lefan, from Proto-Germanic luft-, from Proto-Germanic lubjaną — to castrate, lop off.

alefan (Old English): to become weak, feeble, languid, disabled

Definitions

  1. to become weak, feeble, languid, disabled

Ancestry of “alefan”, step by step

alefan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lefan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishlefanAlternative form of līefan
2Proto-Germanicluft-
3Proto-Germaniclubjanąto castrate, lop off

via Old English ā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāalways, ever; ever, always; always", "ever
Every word from Proto-Germanic lubjaną
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