elf

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Bedeutung (English)

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ɛlf/
Etymology (English)

In summary

From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf and oaf.

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