Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elpand

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elephantus (“elephant”).^[1] Doublet of *olbandu (“camel”).

Noun

*elpand m

elephant
Synonym: *elpandadeuʀ
ivory
Synonym: *elpandabain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*elpand
Genitive	*elpandas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*elpand	elpandō, elpandōs
Accusative	*elpand	*elpandā
Genitive	*elpandas	*elpandō
Dative	*elpandē	*elpandum
Instrumental	*elpandu	*elpandum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: elpend, ylpend, ylp
- Middle English: elp, ylp
Old Dutch: *elpand
- Middle Dutch: elpend
Old High German: helfan, helfant
- Middle High German: hëlfant, elefant, elfant (relatinisation)
  - Alemannic German: Elifant
  - German: Elefant, Elephant (obsolete)
    - → Kashubian: élefant
    - → Lower Sorbian: elefant
    - → Saterland Frisian: Elefant
  - Luxembourgish: Elefant
  - Vilamovian: elefaont
  - Yiddish: העלפֿאַנד (helfand)

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Elfenbein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 175

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Elfenbein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 175

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