лось
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- moose (U.S.), elk (British), Alces alces
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic лось derived from Proto-Slavic *olsь derived 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
- alces Latin
- bōs Latin
- elaphus Latin
- olor Latin
- лосиха Russian
- τραγέλαφος Ancient Greek
- ἐλάφινος Ancient Greek
- ἐλαφόβοσκον Ancient Greek
- ἐλαύνω Ancient Greek
- ἐλλός Ancient Greek
- ἑλλέβορος Ancient Greek
- ἔλαφος Ancient Greek
- *h₁el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el-(h₁)en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *alkǭ Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- łoś Polish
- ऋश्य Sanskrit
- elk Middle English
- *olsь Proto-Slavic
- *ȏlsь Proto-Slavic
- elc Welsh
- *eli- Proto-Celtic
- issamiga Pali
- *Hŕ̥ćyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- лось Belarusian
- los Slovene
- elnias Lithuanian
- *Hŕ̥śyas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- лось Old East Slavic
- *éləpʰos Proto-Hellenic