Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia. · Common wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer. · Sambar (Cervus unicolor).
From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“deer”). See also Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg; also Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”); also German Elen, Latin alcēs (“elk”), Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”). Doublet of Elhaz.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionelkenm
- Inherited-form mentioneolcang
- Inherited-form mention*elhgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*elhazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*h₁élḱisine-pro
- Cognate mentionElknds
- Cognate mentionElchde
- Cognate mentionelgda
- Cognate mentionelgno
- Cognate mentionälgsv
- Cognate mentionłośpl
- Cognate mentionлосьru
- Cognate mentionElende
- Cognate mentionalcēsla
- Cognate mentionyälxto
- Cognate mentionylemtxb
- Cognate mentionélnislt
- Cognate mentionեղնիկhy
- Doublet mentionElhazen
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