köken: From Middle High German elfenbein, from Old High German elfantbein, from Proto-West Germanic *elpandabain. Equivalent to Elefant + Bein. The loss of initial h- in early modern German was due to the influence of Latin elephās. Since the 19th century the word has been remotivated, somewhat meaningfully (with regard to the pure white colour of ivory), as Elfe (“elf”) + Bein (“bone”).
köken: From Middle Dutch ivore, ivorie, from Old French ivorie, from Latin eboreus, from ebur (“ivory”), from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”).
ivory (material) · a thing made of ivory. · an elephant
çekim: çoğul ebora · tamlayan eboris
köken: Etymology tree Egyptian ꜣbw Demotic Egyptian ybbor. Latin ebur Loan word, probably from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”), from Egyptian Ab-b-w-E26 (ꜣbw, “ivory, elephant, Elephantine”). Compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”); also note Sanskrit इभ (íbha) and Tigre ኣቦት (ʾabot). In any case, probably cognate with the second half of Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “elephant”)