älg
Swedish
/ɛlj/
noun
Definitions
- elk (moose - Alces alces)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish ælgher inherited from Old Norse elgr (moose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *algiz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁élḱis
Gloss
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
- alcelaphus Latin
- alces Latin
- alce Italian
- alce Spanish, Castilian
- ἔλαφος Ancient Greek
- *el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁élḱis Proto-Indo-European
- elg Norwegian Bokmål
- *algiz Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- *elhaz Proto-Germanic
- elg Norwegian Nynorsk
- elk Middle English
- elgr Old Norse
- elg Danish
- elgur Icelandic
- elc Welsh
- elgur Faroese
- ælgher Old Swedish
- älg Westrobothnian