A bit of etymology

Etymological post. Let's take a look at the names of elves, dwarves, djargars and dragars in different languages and where they came from for general education.

• Retsinsky:
  • *alf - from Old Rugin alfr. Borrowing from the 13th-14th centuries.
  • *dverg - from Old Rugin dvergr. Borrowing from the same period.
  • jeart - from jeartoy jeārţ. Borrowing from the 16th century.
  • dragar - from Western Draghar dragar. Borrowed from the 18th century; before that the word "dragon" or "serpent" was used.

* before this period, sometimes earlier borrowings were encountered, which gave the words forehead and doors; they have been preserved in Rechan in the form forehead, dvereg, and are used in it to a limited extent.

• Ancient Hellenic:
  • Alphis /alphis/ — related alfr, from the anti-Orthodox *albʰis, from the root *albʰ— "white";
  • ὦρος /ō̂ros/ is a derivative of ὄρος "mountain". I think it's clear why.
  • λέβων, -νος /lebōn/ - the etymology is unclear, but almost everyone agrees that it is related to λέων "lion".
  • δράκων, —ντος /dragon/. I don’t think there’s much need to explain either.
• Skadinsky:
  • albis, —is — of the same origin as Hellenic, or even borrowed from it.
  • Henius, —ī — from PTO *dʰéǵʰōm "earth, soil". The idea is the same as in Hellenic.
  • dears, —tis/yuiyus, —īThe first is a borrowing, and the second is related. iuba, "mane".
  • dragon, —nis. Direct borrowing from ancient Hellenic.
• English:
  • elf - related alfr and ἄλφις.
  • dwarf - related dvergr.
  • jearth /ˈd͡ʒɪəɹθ/, /d͡ʒɜɹθ/. A late fifteenth-century borrowing that has supplanted a host of other common spelling variations with similar pronunciations.
  • drake — ultimately from ancient Hellenic.

You can then delve into other languages, but (in Orova) the situation as a whole is as follows:

• elves - variations on elves, elves, and so on;
• dwarves - a terrible spread, but a lot of terms related to the earth;
• with jearts, most often the borrowing of their self-name;
• with dragars - either borrowing or variations on dragons.