elk

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

alce

cervo

🦌

wapiti

Cervus elaphus

Cervus canadensis

cervo canadese

Alces alces

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

élan

Elch

🫎

eland

alce

Cervus

alce

Alces alces

alces

موظ

🫎

orignal

🫎

ant

άλκη

wapiti

Elen

🫎

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɛlk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: elk

Ereditato da inglese antico: eolc

Affine basso tedesco: Elk

Affine tedesco: Elch

Affine danese: elg

Affine norvegese: elg

Affine svedese: älg

Affine polacco: łoś

Affine russo: лось

Affine tedesco: Elen

Affine Tokharian A: yäl

Affine Tokharian B: ylem

Affine lituano: élnis

Affine armeno: 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.