English
elfship
From elf + -ship.
Formed from elf + -ship
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 compellation for an elf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / elfship