los
Czech
noun
Definitions
- elk (British), moose (U.S.)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȏlsь inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (deer, a kind of bird, red deer, elk, brown, red, swan, drive, move, go).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁el-
Gloss
deer, a kind of bird, red deer, elk, brown, red, swan, drive, move, go
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鹿
Emoji
🦌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elkhart English
- Elkhart Lake English
- Elkton English
- elk English
- elkburger English
- elkhorn English
- elkhound English
- elklike English
- elkskin English
- elkwood English
- olor Latin
- Elch German
- Elchtest German
- ἐλαύνω Ancient Greek
- *h₁el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el-(h₁)en- Proto-Indo-European
- *alkǭ Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- elk Middle English
- *olsь Proto-Slavic
- *ȏlsь Proto-Slavic
- losice Czech
- losí Czech
- elc Welsh
- elho Old High German
- Elch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *eli- Proto-Celtic
- *Hŕ̥ćyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- elnias Lithuanian