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

elk

Inflection

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

Alternative forms

*elhô

Related terms

*algiz

Descendants

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

Proto-West Germanic: *elh
- Old English: eolh, elch, elh, eolc, eolch
  - Middle English: elk, elke
    - English: elk
      - → German: Elk (obsolete)
      - → Korean: 엘크 (elkeu)
      - → Malayalam: എൽക്ക് (elkkŭ)
      - → Welsh: elc
- Old Frisian: *elch
  - Saterland Frisian: Älch (possibly borrowed from German)
- Old Saxon: elaho; elo
  - Middle Low German: elk
    - >? German Low German: Elk (or from English)
  - >? Middle Low German: elen, elent
    - (→ German: Elen)
    - (→ Saterland Frisian: Elen)
- Old Dutch: *elh; elo
  - >? Middle Dutch: elen, elent
    - (Dutch: eland)
      - (→ West Frisian: eland)
- Old High German: elah; elaho, elho
  - Middle High German: elch, elhe
    - German: Elch
      - → Luxembourgish: Elch
      - →? Saterland Frisian: Älch
→ English: Elhaz (learned)