elver

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

A young eel.

Từ đồng nghĩa

glasseel

American eel

common eel

freshwater eel

young eel

Bản dịch

bouiron

anguillette

enguia jovem

Anguilla rostrata

Jungaal

pibale

yılanbalığı yavrusu

Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈɛlvə(ɹ)/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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/.

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