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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/elpand
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Latin elephantus (“elephant”).[1] Doublet of *olbandu (“camel”).
Inflection
    
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *elpand | |
| Genitive | *elpandas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *elpand | *elpandō, *elpandōs | 
| Accusative | *elpand | *elpandā | 
| Genitive | *elpandas | *elpandō | 
| Dative | *elpandē | *elpandum | 
| Instrumental | *elpandu | *elpandum | 
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Elfenbein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 175
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