Elfebeen
Luxemburgeois
/ˈælfeˌbeːn/
noun
Definitions
- ivory
Etymology
Derived from German Elfenbein (ivory) derived from Middle High German helfenbein derived from Old High German helfantbein (ivory, elephant bone) com from Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Elefant (elephant) + Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Been (bone), Elf (elf) + Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch Been (bone).
Origin
Luxemburgeois
Been
Gloss
bone
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
骨
Emoji
🍖 🍗
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bein German
- Elefant German
- Elfe German
- Elfenbein German
- Elfenbeinküste German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- elfenbein Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenben Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenben Swedish
- elfenbein Norwegian Nynorsk
- elfenben Danish
- bein Old High German
- helfantbein Old High German
- helfenbein Middle High German
- Been Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Elefant Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Elf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch