Where does “elfă” come from?

elfă (Romanian) comes from Romanian elf, from French elfe, from Swedish älf, from Old Norse Álfr, from Proto-Germanic albiz, from Proto-Indo-European albʰós — white.

elfă (Romanian): a female elf

Definitions

  1. a female elf

Ancestry of “elfă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianelfelf
2Frenchelfeelf
3SwedishälfObsolete spelling of älv
4Old NorseÁlfr—
5Proto-Germanicalbizelf, fairy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanalbʰóswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European albʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic albiz →Every word from Old Norse Álfr →