Elch

Betekenis (Engels)

moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)

Sinonieme

Alces alces

Elen

🫎

Europäischer Elch

Hirsch

🦌

Rothirsch

Tapir

Wapiti

Rotwild

europäischer Elch

Alces

Eckpfeiler

Rothirsche

Elche

Vertalings

élan

alce

elk

alce

eland

moose

🫎

alce

orignal

🫎

alces

άλκη

موظ

🫎

ant

Alces alces

mus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɛlç/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: elch

Geërf van Old High German: elahho

Verwante met Engels: elk

In summary

From Middle High German elch (also elche), from Old High German elh (also as elho, elaho), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz.
In Early Modern German, the word had been entirely replaced with Elen (see there). In the late 18th century, the form Elk was borrowed from English elk, principally for the North American moose (then still thus called). This subsequently triggered renewed use of Elch, be it based on Middle High German or on East Prussian dialects where the word may have survived. After the mid-19th century, Elch began to make inroads, possibly reinforced by the entry Elen (1859) in the Deutsches Wörterbuch, where Grimm spoke disparagingly of this supposedly non-Germanic word.