elver

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• /ˈɛlvə(ɹ)/
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Variant of eelfare, originally "brood of young eels", from Middle English *elfare, *elvare, from el (“eel”) + fare (“group of journeyers”). Equivalent to eel + fare. Liberman instead connects the second element of this word to a putative Old English suffix *-for(e), but there is no need to posit such a suffix when the traditional etymology suffices. Furthermore, such a suffix is not securely attested, and the spelling of the word's earliest attestation (as yele fare, ell vare) implies Middle English /aː/.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: angula — a young eel
• Catalan: angula — a young eel
• Catalan: anguiló — a young eel
• Danish: glasål — a young eel
• Dutch: glasaal — a young eel
• Dutch: aaltje — a young eel
• Dutch: palinkje — a young eel
• French: anguille de verre — a young eel
• French: civelle — a young eel
• French: pibale — a young eel
• French: bouiron — a young eel
• Galician: meixón — a young eel
• German: Glasaal — a young eel
• Irish: luathóg — a young eel
• Macedonian: јагулче (jagulče) — a young eel
• Māori: ngorengore — a young eel
• Māori: nīoreore — a young eel
• Māori: ngāeroero — a young eel
• Spanish: angula — a young eel