auk

Senso (Inglese)

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Concetti

alca

pinguino

🐧

gazza marina

sinonimi

razorbill

dodo

🦤

penguin

🐧

razor-billed auk

razor-bill

Razorbill

Traduzioni

pingouin

alk

alca

Alk

pingüino

🐧

petit pingouin

alca

mergule

alcidae

alcinés

Alca

Alcidae

pinguïn

🐧

torda-mergulheira

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɔːk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine svedese: alka

Affine norvegese: -

Affine danese: alke

Affine svedese: -

Affine latino: olor

Affine greco antico: ἐλέα

Affine gallese: alarch

In summary

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka (“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka (“auk”), Norwegian and Danish alke (“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla (“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor (“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch (“swan”).