elver

Significat (Anglès)

A young eel.

Conceptes

angula

Sinònims

glasseel

American eel

common eel

freshwater eel

young eel

Traduccions

angula

civelle

aal

anguille de verre

enguia jovem

anguillette

bouiron

yılanbalığı yavrusu

Jungaal

Glasaal

pibale

ceca

Anguilla rostrata

Älchen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛlvə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà:

In summary

Variant of eelfare, originally "brood of young eels", from Middle English *elfare, *elvare, from el (“eel”) + fare (“group of journeyers”). Equivalent to eel + fare.
Liberman instead connects the second element of this word to a putative Old English suffix *-for(e), but there is no need to posit such a suffix when the traditional etymology suffices. Furthermore, such a suffix is not securely attested, and the spelling of the word's earliest attestation (as yele fare, ell vare) implies Middle English /aː/.