olifant
Afrikaans
/ˈʊə̯.liˌfant/
noun
Definitions
- elephant
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish olifant (elephant) inherited from Middle Dutch olifant derived from Old French olifant derived from Latin elephantus (elephant) derived from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (elephant, ivory).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐλέφᾱς
Gloss
elephant, ivory
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
象
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephantem Latin
- elephantus Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās, elephantis Latin
- Elefant German
- elefánt Hungarian
- kamerolifant Dutch, Flemish
- olifant Dutch, Flemish
- olifantachtig Dutch, Flemish
- olifantenpad Dutch, Flemish
- olifantsvogel Dutch, Flemish
- zeeolifant Dutch, Flemish
- ἐλέφαντος, ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- elefant Norwegian Bokmål
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- elefant Norwegian Nynorsk
- oliphaunt Middle English
- úlfaldi Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefant Old French
- olifan Old French
- olifant Old French
- oliphant Old French
- oliphaunt Old French
- olifant Middle Dutch
- hëlfant Middle High German
- elephant Middle French
- 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *elpandu gmw-pro
- Elifant Alemannic German
- elefant Romansh
- oaljefant Western Frisian
- *eḷu Proto-Berber