elft

Bedeutung (Englisch)

the allis shad, Alosa alosa

Konzepte

Maifisch

Alse

Miafisch

Synonyme

meivis

Übersetzungen

alose

shad

sável

sábalo

alosa

allis shad

alosa

savelha

alewife

tirsi balığı

alose

rock herring

alosa

grande alose

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelniederländisch: elft

Geerbt von Old Dutch: *alvit

In summary

From Middle Dutch elft, possibly from an Old Dutch *alvit, from Proto-West Germanic *albut (“swan”). The semantic link to swans would be the fish's white color; the Germanic term ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). This Indo-European word is generally accepted to be the most likely origin of this word, even if elft were found not to derive directly from Germanic *albits but to have entered the language through some other route.