albho-

White.

Derivatives include elf, oaf, and albino.

1. Possibly Germanic *albiz, *albaz, elf, if meaning “white ghostly apparition.”

a. elf, from Old English ælf, elf;

b. oaf, from Old Norse alfr, elf;

c. Oberon, from Old French Auberon, from a source akin to Old High German Alberich.

2. elfin, from Old English -elfen, elf, possibly from Germanic *albinjō.

3. abele, alb, albedo, albescent, albino, albite, album, albumen, aubade, auburn; daub, from Latin albus, white.

 

[Pokorny albho- 30.]

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