Word Origin Summary

𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 is attested in Gothic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. ἐλέφαςAncient Greekderived from
2. *eḷuProto-Berberborrowed from
3. इभSanskritborrowed from
4. ꜣbwUpper Egyptianborrowed from
5. *ulbanduzProto-West Germanicinherited from
6. *elpanduzProto-West Germanicinherited from
7. *leb-Proto-Afroasiaticinherited from
8. *l̥bʰont-Proto-Indo-Europeaninherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• wielbłąd

  Polish · derived from

• верблюд

  Komi-Zyrian · borrowed from

• верблюд

  Russian · derived from

• верблюдъ

  Old Ruthenian · derived from

• velbloud

  Czech · derived from

• velblod

  Slovene · derived from

• вельблудъ

  Old East Slavic · derived from

• velblud

  HBS · derived from

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