łoś

Polish

noun
Definitions
  • moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)
  • (colloquial) male moose, male Eurasian elk
  • (colloquial) sucker, naive person

Etymology

Inherited 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
🦌

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