Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *albizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_albiz
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Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5)AlwinKloekhorstBrill2008Germanische Sprachwissenschaft III: WortbildungslehreHansKraheWolfgangMeidWalter de Gruyter1969Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European rootsCalvertWatkinsBostonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2011Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of belief, health, gender and identity.AlaricHallWoodbridgeBoydell Press2007Hittite etymologies and notesRobertWoodhouseStudia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 129225–2442012ἀλφόςwhiteness; white leprosy*albʰóswhitealbuswhite*albʰ-i-swhite onealbizswan𒀠𒉺𒀸cloudऋभुskillful, expert, master; artisan, metalworker, craftsman
nounmasculinei-stemelf; a supernatural being of Germanic religion and mythologyProbably from Proto-Indo-European *albʰ-i-s, an i-stem derivative of *albʰós, referring originally to the being by its whiteness or pale appearance Hall 2007: 54–63Krahe & Meid 1969: 138Watkins 2011: s.v. albho-. Compare Latin albus and Ancient Greek ἀλφός; related formations include Old High German albiz, likewise derived from the Indo-European ‘white’ word Krahe & Meid 1969: 138, 174Mallory & Adams 1997: 641. The reconstruction of an initial laryngeal is uncertain: *h₂elbʰós has traditionally been reconstructed, while *h₄elbʰós was proposed partly to accommodate Hittite𒀠𒉺𒀸; alternatively, the Hittite word may reflect o-grade *h₂olbʰ-ó-s, so the Hittite evidence does not require *h₄ de Vaan 2008: s.v. albusKloekhorst 2008: 169Woodhouse 2012: 226–27. The older comparison with Sanskrit ऋभु is formally possible but semantically much less persuasive and need not be assumed for the Germanic word Hall 2007: 55.