алка

Bulgarian

noun

Definitions

auklet seabird of genus Aethia
more generally any alcid seabird of family Alcidae

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse alka (auk, seabird with dark plumage).

Origin

Old Norse

alka

Gloss

auk, seabird with dark plumage

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

alke Norwegian Bokmål
*alkǭ Proto-Germanic
alka Swedish
alke Norwegian Nynorsk
alka Old Norse
álka Icelandic
álka Faroese