elk

Eurasian elk, or moose (Alces alces)

Meaning

Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).

From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (compare Low German Elk, German Elch, Norwegian elg, Swedish älg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis (compare Polish łoś, Russian лось, , variant of *h₁elh₁én (compare German Elen, Tocharian A yäl, Tocharian B ylem ("gazelle"), Lithuanian élnis ("stag"), Armenian եղնիկ ("doe, hind")), from *h₁el-.

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