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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/elhaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (“elk”), from *h₁el- (“deer”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit ऋश्य (ṛ́śya, “antelope”), Lithuanian elnias (“deer, stag, hart”), Russian оле́нь (olénʹ, “deer”), Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “hind”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈel.xɑz/

Noun

*elhaz m

  1. elk

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *elhaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *elhaz *elhōz, *elhōs
vocative *elh *elhōz, *elhōs
accusative *elhą *elhanz
genitive *elhas, *ilhis *elhǫ̂
dative *ilhai *elhamaz
instrumental *elhō *elhamiz

Alternative forms
  • *elhô

Descendants

The form elen(t) may be from Old Lithuanian, though formally nothing speaks against inheritance.

  • Old English: eolh, elch, elh, eolc, eolch; ēola
    • Middle English: elk, elke
      • English: elk
        • → German: Elk (obsolete)
        • → Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)
        • → Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)
        • → Welsh: elc
  • Old Saxon: *elho
    • Middle Low German: elk
      • >? German Low German: Elk (or from English)
    • >? Middle Low German: elen, elent
  • Old Dutch: *elho, elo
  • Old High German: elahho, eliho, elcho, elo
  • → English: Elhaz (learned)
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