Elch

Significado (Inglés)

moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)

Conceptos

alce

anta

ciervo rojo

cornudo

buey

🐂

venado

🦌

danta

uapití

wapití

Sinónimos

Alces alces

Elen

🫎

Europäischer Elch

Hirsch

🦌

Rothirsch

Tapir

Wapiti

Rotwild

europäischer Elch

Alces

Eckpfeiler

Rothirsche

Elche

Traducciones

élan

eland

alce

elk

moose

🫎

alce

alces

orignal

🫎

άλκη

موظ

🫎

ant

Alces alces

mus

أيل كبير

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɛlç/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de alto alemán medio: elch

Heredado de alto alemán antiguo: elahho

Cognado con inglés: 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.