Old Norse eljan

← Old English ellen (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *aljaną (inherited)

← Middle High German ellen (cognate)

← Middle Low German ellen (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *al- (derived)

← Icelandic elja (cognate)

← Old Saxon ellian (cognate)

→ Old English ellen (cognate)

→ Icelandic elja (inherited)

→ Old Saxon ellian (cognate)