Etymology

alf

A1L1F4

Today it means: A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar. Full definition →

Swedish alf ← Old Norse alfr
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromalfr
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromalf
  3. English todayalf

From Danish and Swedish alf, from Old Norse alfr; see also Dutch alf. Doublet of elf, awf, and oaf.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsealfr all →

awf

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.