Etymology

elfish

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Today it means: Characteristic of an elf; elfin, elven. Full definition →

English elf ← Middle English elf ← Old English ielf
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
  2. Proto-Germanic*albiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*albi
  4. Old Englishielf
  5. Middle Englishelf
  6. Englishelf
  7. English todayelfish

From elf + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.