elk

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (Commonwealth, Europe) Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
  2. (Canada, US) Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
  3. (British, India) Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

Conceptes

Sinònims

American elk

European elk

Cervus elaphus canadensis

Alces alces

Cervus elaphus

wapiti elk

North American elk

moose doe

gaselle

shou

maral

Alces

tule elk

wapita

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɛlk/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”). Doublet of Elhaz.

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