The story
- Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
- Proto-Germanic*albiz
- Proto-West Germanic*albi
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeys-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰoysós
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz
- Proto-West Germanic*gaiʀ
- Proto-West Germanic*Albigaiʀ
- Old EnglishÆlfgār
- Proto-Germanic*aþalą
- Proto-Germanic*aþalaz
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz
- Proto-Germanic*Aþalagaizaz
- Proto-West Germanic*Aþalagaiʀ
- Old EnglishÆþelgār
- English todayElgar
From Old English Ælfgār (from Proto-Germanic *Albigaizaz, equivalent to ælf (“elf”) + gār (“spear”)) and from Old English Æþelgār (from Proto-Germanic *Aþalagaizaz, equivalent to æþele (“noble”) + gār (“spear”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.