köken: From Middle High German eilf, eilef, einlif, from Old High German einlif, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif. Until the 19th century usually written eilf; the monophthongal form is of Central and Low German origin (Middle Low German elf). Compare Dutch elf, West Frisian alve, English eleven, Danish elleve.
elf, leprechaun (or similar small demon) · red sprite
çekim: çoğul farfadets
eş: sylphe rouge, sprite
köken: From Occitan farfadet, from fadet, by addition of the expressive affix particle far- → see farfouiller,[1] with influence from Italian farfarello or Arabic فرفار, farfar ("inconsistent, fickle"), from farfara ("to agitate, stir")[2][3].
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · goblin, leprechaun, gnome, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin · charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.
a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents · any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one · Christmas elf (an elf that assists Santa Claus with the making, wrapping, delivery, etc., of presents)
çekim: çoğul duendes
köken: Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).
a small human-like creature in Nordic folklore that lives on farmsteads and watches over their inhabitants; a brownie, a gnome. · Santa Claus · a person who behaves irresponsibly, oddly or incompetently
köken: Attested since 1790 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. An elliptic form of tomtebisse or tomtegubbe with the same meaning. Derived from tomt (“site; lot; garden”). The association between the mythological creature and Santa Claus had its origins in the 19th century (first attestation is from 1864) and was firmly established in the middle of the 20th century. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk…
aile: ha tomtar på loftet, tomta, tomtedräkt, tomtegröt
Om tomten inte får en klick smör i sin julgröt kan han bli arg och göra stor skada.
Moster Agneta klädde ut sig till tomte och delade ut klappar till barnen.
Vad är det för tomte som har slängt mina kläder i snön?
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit वातमण्डल (vātamaṇḍala) Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaHyúš Sanskrit वायु (vāyu) Sanskrit *मण्ड (*maṇḍa)? Sanskrit -ल (-la)? Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala) Sanskrit वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍala) Hindi बवंडर Inherited from Sanskrit वातमण्डल (vātamaṇḍala, “whirlwind”) or वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍala, “whirlwind”). In either case, the first part is from…
köken: Synchronically vertō + -īgō. Diachronically, may be derived from vertex, vertic-, with the velar assimilated in oblique cases to the nasal suffix derived from Proto-Indo-European *-h₃onh₂- (e.g. genitive *wertik-nes > *wertig-nes > vertīginis).
köken: Inherited from Malay hantu, from Proto-Malayic *hantu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. * False cognate of English haunt (typically misunderstood in sense of rumah hantu (“haunted house”) or in verb sense menghantui (“to haunt”))