Where does “dunielf” come from?

dunielf (Old English) comes from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

dunielf (Old English): nymph associated with the Castalian Spring at the foot of Mount Helicon, mountain elf

Definitions

  1. nymph associated with the Castalian Spring at the foot of Mount Helicon, mountain elf

Ancestry of “dunielf”, step by step

dunielf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ielf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishielfelf
2Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
3Proto-Germanicalbīriver
4LatinAlbis—
5LatinAlbeus—

via Old English dūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
2Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
3Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →