elks

See also: Elks

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛlks/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlks

Noun

elks

  1. plural of elk

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”), but it could instead be from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1] Comparable to Lithuanian alkas, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs, “temple”).

Noun

elks m (1st declension)

  1. idol

Declension

Declension of elks (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative elks elki
genitive elka elku
dative elkam elkiem
accusative elku elkus
instrumental elku elkiem
locative elkā elkos
vocative elk elki

Derived terms

  • elkdievība

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “alkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
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