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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elpand
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin elephantus (“elephant”).[1] Doublet of *olbandu (“camel”).
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *elpand | |
Genitive | *elpandas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *elpand | *elpandō, *elpandōs |
Accusative | *elpand | *elpandā |
Genitive | *elpandas | *elpandō |
Dative | *elpandē | *elpandum |
Instrumental | *elpandu | *elpandum |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Elfenbein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 175
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