elefant
Lower Sorbian
noun
Definitions
- elephant
Etymology
Borrowed from German Elefant (elephant) 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
- elephant English
- elephantem Latin
- elephantus Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās, elephantis Latin
- Elefant German
- Elefantenhochzeit German
- Elefantenlaus German
- Elefantenrüsselmuschel German
- Elfenbein German
- elefantös German
- elefánt Hungarian
- elefante Italian
- ἐλέφαντος, ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- elefant Norwegian Bokmål
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- elefant Norwegian Nynorsk
- úlfaldi Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefant Old French
- olifan Old French
- olifant Old French
- oliphant Old French
- oliphaunt Old French
- hëlfant Middle High German
- Elefant Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- elephant Middle French
- 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *elpandu gmw-pro
- Elifant Alemannic German
- elefant Romansh
- oaljefant Western Frisian
- *eḷu Proto-Berber