Where does “เอลฟ์” come from?

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

เอลฟ์ (Thai): elf

Definitions

  1. elf

Ancestry of “เอลฟ์”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelfA luminous spirit presiding over nature and...
2Middle Englishelfelf, fairy; spirit, shade
3Old Englishielfelf
4Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
5Proto-Germanicalbīriver
6LatinAlbis—
7LatinAlbeus—
Every word from Latin Albeus →