elg
Norwegian Nynorsk
/ɛlɡ/
noun-m1
Definitions
- elk, moose (Alces alces)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse elgr (moose) derived from Proto-Germanic *elh- 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
- olor Latin
- ἐλαύνω Ancient Greek
- *h₁el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el-(h₁)en- Proto-Indo-European
- elg Norwegian Bokmål
- *algiz Proto-Germanic
- *alkǭ Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- elk Middle English
- elgr Old Norse
- elg Danish
- *olsь Proto-Slavic
- *ȏlsь Proto-Slavic
- elgur Icelandic
- elc Welsh
- elgur Faroese
- *eli- Proto-Celtic
- *Hŕ̥ćyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ælgher Old Swedish
- älg Westrobothnian
- elnias Lithuanian