Where does “ielfsciene” come from?

ielfsciene (Old English) comes from Old English sċīene, from Proto-West Germanic skaunī, from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ielfsciene (Old English): gorgeous: as beautiful as an elf

Definitions

  1. gorgeous: as beautiful as an elf

Ancestry of “ielfsciene”, step by step

ielfsciene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sċīene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċīenebeautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light
2Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
3Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Old English ielf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishielfelf
2Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
3Proto-Germanicalbīriver
4LatinAlbis—
5LatinAlbeus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄ →