Alb
German (Berlin)
/alp/
noun
Definitions
- elf, especially an evil one
- nightmare or physical ailment formerly believed to be caused by an elf sitting on one's chest while one slept
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German alb (elf) inherited from Old High German alp inherited from *albi inherited from Proto-Germanic *albiz (elf, fairy) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (white).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*albʰós
Gloss
white
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
白
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alps English
- Aubrey English
- elf English
- Albruna Latin
- Alpes Latin
- alpes Latin
- Albtraum German
- Albwin German
- Alpdruck German
- Bienenelfe German
- Druck German
- Elfe German
- Elfenbein German
- Traum German
- albtraumhaft German
- elfengleich German
- alpesi Hungarian
- ἀλφός Ancient Greek
- *albʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂elbʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *albiz Proto-Germanic
- elf Old English
- ielf Old English
- ælf Old English
- alfr Old Norse
- *elbedь Proto-Slavic
- *olbǫdь Proto-Slavic
- alp Old High German
- alb Middle High German
- alp Middle High German
- *albi gmw-pro
- *alf Old Dutch
- *Albiū Proto-Celtic
- *albiyū Proto-Celtic
- alf Old Saxon
- 𒀠𒉺𒀸 Hittite