Where does “muntælfen” come from?

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

muntælfen (Old English): oreades

Definitions

  1. oreades

Ancestry of “muntælfen”, step by step

muntælfen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ælfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishælfenAlternative form of ielfen; nymph, spirit, fairy
2Old EnglishælfAlternative form of ielf; incubus, elf; elf
3Old Englishielfelf
4Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
5Proto-Germanicalbīriver
6LatinAlbis—
7LatinAlbeus—

via Old English munt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmunta hill, mound; a mount or mountain
2Latinmōnsmountain, mount
3Proto-Italic*monts—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
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