elgr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- North America moose, British elk
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *algiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *el- (flow, red, brown).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*el-
Gloss
flow, red, brown
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
赤
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alces Latin
- *el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁élḱis Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥-m- Proto-Indo-European
- elg Norwegian Bokmål
- *al- Proto-Germanic
- *algiz Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- älg Swedish
- elg Norwegian Nynorsk
- elg Danish
- elgur Icelandic
- elgur Faroese
- *aleti Proto-Celtic
- ælgher Old Swedish
- älg Westrobothnian
- *alnis bat-pro