Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “ielf” come from?

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

ielf (Old English): elf

Definitions

  1. elf

Ancestry of “ielf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ielf”

  • Alfred
  • Avery
  • Alvin
  • elf
  • elves
  • Alston
  • elfin
  • elfish
  • elven
  • elvish
  • Averi
  • elflike
  • elfishly
  • elfishness
  • elfen
  • elvishly
  • elfdom
  • elflock
  • elfinwood
  • elfkin
  • elfhood
  • elfkind
  • were-elf
  • elflore
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