Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/albiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.βiz/

Noun

*albiz m

elf, fairy

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
*Albiraginą
*Albirēdaz
*Albirīks

Descendants

Old English: ælf
- Middle English: elf
  - English: elf
    - Dutch: elf
    - German: Elf, Elfe
    - Japanese: エルフ (erufu)
    - Korean: 엘프 (elpeu)
  - Scots: 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
- Icelandic: álfur
- Faeroese: álvur
- Norwegian: alv
- Old Swedish: ælf, ælva
  - Swedish: älva; alf, alv (reborrowed from Old Norse)
- Danish: alf (reborrowed from Old Norse), elv (now only poetic)
- English: auf, oaf

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