Etymology

Elfdalian

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Today it means: A linguistic variety of the Scandinavian language continuum spoken in the old parish of Övdaln in Sweden. Full definition →

Swedish älv
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  1. Swedish · derived fromälv“river”
  2. English todayElfdalian

From Elfdalia + -an, from Älvdalen in Sweden, literally "river valley," from Swedish älv (“river”) + dal (“valley”).

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