- ἄλκη 2
- ἄλκη 2.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `elk' (Paus. )Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [302] *h₁el- `red, brown'Etymology: Like Lat. alcēs, alcē (Caesar), a loan from Germanic. Cf. ON elgr from PGm. *alʒí-, beside which a form with initial stress, PGm. *álχ-, is supposed on which alcēs and ἄλκη go back. The West-Germanic form has e-: OHG. elahho \> NHG Elch, OE eolh, and has a different stem, PGm. *élχa(n)-. Slavic forms like Russ. losь `elk' suppose PIE *olḱis , which are compared with ON elgr. - One connects the root with a great number of words for animals , e. g. ἔλαφος (q. v.), see Pok. 302, and assumes that the root indicated a colour; what Frisk called "sehr hypothetisch und unwahrscheinlich." - I think that an IE word or root must be doubted; it may well be a loan from a non-IE language.Page in Frisk: 1,75
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.