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Proto-Germanic: *alb=, *alft=
Meaning: something white
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: dial. alf `alkhaltiges Sand unter der Fruchterde'
Old Saxon: 58
Dutch: { alft, elft `Weissfisch' }; alver (visnaam)
Low German: alf, albe `Weissfisch'
Middle High German: albel `Weissfisch' st. m. 'weissfisch'; alber st. m. 'pappelbaum'
German: { Albe `Weissfisch'; dial. Alben `alkhaltiges Sand unter der Fruchterde' }
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Proto-IE: *albh- <PIH *a->
Meaning: white
Hittite: alpa- 'Wolke' (Tischler 18)
Old Greek: alphó-s m. `weisser Auschlag, lepra' {acc.pl. alphoús `белый' Hsch. - nowhere found!}
Germanic: *alb=, *alft=
Latin: albus, -a `(matt)weiss, weissglänzend'
Other Italic: Umbr alfu `alba'; Osk Alafaternum `Alafaternorum', Pael Alafis
Russ. meaning: белый
References: WP I 92 f, Buck 43.
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