elk

Signification (Anglais)

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).

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

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Elch

🫎

alce

eland

alce

Cervus

alce

Alces alces

alces

موظ

🫎

ant

άλκη

grã-besta

Elen

🫎

Wapiti

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛlk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: elk

Hérité de ancien anglais: eolc

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Elk

Appartenant à allemand: Elch

Appartenant à danois: elg

Appartenant à norvégien: elg

Appartenant à suédois: älg

Appartenant à polonais: łoś

Appartenant à russe: лось

Appartenant à allemand: Elen

Appartenant à Tokharian A: yäl

Appartenant à Tokharian B: ylem

Appartenant à lituanien: élnis

Appartenant à arménien: եղնիկ

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.