Etymograph

English

elfkin

From elf + -kin.

Formed from elf + -kin

Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‘white’

Proto-Germanic *albiz

Proto-West Germanic *albi ‘elf, fairy’

Old English ielf

Middle English elf ‘elf, fairy’

English elf

Today it means

noun A little elf.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / elfkin