köken: From Middle High German gespenst, gespenste, from Old High German gispensti (“temptation, (devilish) illusion”), from spanan (“to lure, to attract”), with ghosts interpreted as "illusions that lure one away"; see the related spannen (“to stretch, span”) for further etymology.
aile: gespenstlich, Nachtgespenst
Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor. Latin phantasma Old French fantosme French fantôme Inherited from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma); alternatively, according to…
köken: From Middle Chinese compound 幽靈 /幽灵 (ʔjiw leng, literally “dark + supernatural”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yōulíng, Min Nan iu-lêng.
aile: 幽霊烏賊, 幽霊会社: a phantom company: a paper company, a company that exists in name only, 幽霊株: phantom shares, but for which a sale, purchase is fraudulently recorded, 幽霊蜘蛛, 幽霊船, 幽霊茸, 幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花
köken: Originally the same word as vårdnad (“custody, care taking”) from vårda (“to care for, to take care of”) and vård (“care, protection”) that comes from Old Swedish varþa from Old Norse vǫrðr from Proto-Germanic *warduz. See also Icelandic vörður. The development from rð > l (originally /ɽ/) is characteristic of the traditional dialects of central and northern Sweden, compare e.g. hin håle, tvi…
ghost, spirit (disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death) · faint or poorly visible shape or figure · shadow (imperfect and faint representation)
çekim: çoğul haamut · tamlayan haamun
köken: From Proto-Finnic *haamu. Cognates include Karelian huamu, Votic aamo, and dialectal Finnish hahmo, haamo, probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *šamɜ. Other cognates include Erzya чама (čama, “face”), Moksha шама (šama, “face”).