elk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɛlk/
determiner
Definitions
- each; every
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch elc derived from Proto-Germanic *aiwô (ever, always), *hwilīkaz (what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwilīkaz
Gloss
what kind of, what sort of, what kind, like what
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- each English
- each other English
- eachother English
- eachwhere English
- every English
- ander Dutch, Flemish
- een Dutch, Flemish
- elkaar Dutch, Flemish
- elkaars Dutch, Flemish
- elkander Dutch, Flemish
- elkeen Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwô Proto-Germanic
- *hwilīkaz Proto-Germanic
- ealc Old English
- hwelc Old English
- hwelċ Old English
- hwilc Old English
- ælc Old English
- ǣlċ Old English
- eche Middle English
- hvílíkan Old Norse
- hvílíkr Old Norse
- elc Middle Dutch
- welih Old High German
- elk Afrikaans
- elkeen Afrikaans
- 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *wilik Old Dutch
- welik Old Dutch
- hwilik Old Saxon