elk

Signification (English)

1. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
2. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
3. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
4. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

Concepts

élan

wapiti

orignal

🫎

cerf

🦌

cerf rouge

cerf élaphe

élan d’Europe

Wapiti

alces alces

elk

orignal

🫎

cerf commun

elan

bête rouge

cerf noble

cervus elaphus

red deer

Synonyms

moose

🫎

wapiti

red deer

American elk

moose

🫎

European elk

deer

🦌

Cervus elaphus canadensis

Alces alces

Cervus elaphus

wapiti elk

North American elk

antelope

moose doe

fawn

venison

gaselle

shou

hangul

maral

Alces

tule elk

wapita

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛlk/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: elk

Inherited from ancien anglais: eolc

Cognate with bas-allemand: Elk

Cognate with allemand: Elch

Cognate with danois: elg

Cognate with norvégien: elg

Cognate with suédois: älg

Cognate with polonais: łoś

Cognate with russe: лось

Cognate with allemand: Elen

Cognate with Tokharian A: yäl

Cognate with Tokharian B: ylem

Cognate with lituanien: élnis

Cognate with arménien: եղնիկ

In summary

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”) (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Danish elg, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось (losʹ), Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”), variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem (“gazelle”), Lithuanian élnis (“stag”), Armenian եղնիկ (eġnik, “doe, hind”)), from *h₁el- (“deer”). Doublet of Elhaz.