Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.βiz/

Noun

*albiz m

elf

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *albiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*albiz	*albīz
vocative	*albi	*albīz
accusative	*albį	*albinz
genitive	*albīz	*albijǫ̂
dative	*albī	*albimaz
instrumental	*albī	*albimiz

Derived terms

*Albigaizaz
*Albiharjaz
*Albiraginaz
*Albirēdaz
*Albirīks

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *albi
- Old English: ielf, ælf
  - Middle English: elf, elfe, helfe
    - English: elf (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: elf
    - Yola: elf
- Old Frisian: *alf, *elf
  - West Frisian: alve
- Old Saxon: alf
  - Middle Low German: alf
- Old Dutch: *alf
  - Middle Dutch: alf
    - Dutch: alf
- Old High German: alb, alp
  - German: Alb, Alp
Old Norse: alfr, álfr
- Icelandic: álfur
- Faroese: álvur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alv, elv; (dialectal) alg
- Norwegian Bokmål: alv, elv
- Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
  - Swedish: älva; alf, alv (reborrowed from Old Norse)
- Danish: elv (now only poetic); → alf (learned)
- → Arabic: آلْف (ʔālf)
- → English: auf, oaf
- → Scottish Gaelic: ealbhar
- → Belarusian: альв (alʹv)
- → Russian: альв (alʹv)
- → Ukrainian: альв (alʹv)

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