From en.wiktionary.org:
[Elk]
** Translingual
*** Etymology
[mul] [mul].
*** Symbol
[mul-symbol]
1. [3]
*** See also
- [elk]
** English
[lang=en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], [ang], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en],
[ine-pro], variant of [ine-pro], from [ine-pro].
See also [nds], [de], [da], [no], [sv]; also [pl], [ru], [sa-ved]; also [de],
[xto], [txb], [lt], [hy]. [en].
**** Noun
[elk]
1. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer , moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
1. [en] Any of the subspecies of the moose ( [Alces alces] , the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named [Eurasian elk] to avoid confusion with the wapiti ), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
2. [en] [common wapiti] ( [Cervus canadensis] ), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.
3. [en] Sambar ( [Cervus unicolor] ).
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1813 | author=James Forbes | title=Oriental Memoirs | page=281
|passage=In a narrow defile [...] a male ELK, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble
appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their
platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.}}
***** Usage notes
_Elk_ originally referred to the moose. The wapiti was named _elk_ by
European explorers in North America, who thought it resembled the moose.
The word _elk_ is now commonly used in the same way as the word [en] is used
for the subspecies of the [en]. The only difference here is that it refers
only to a single subspecies, while [en] refers to several subspecies of the
[en].
***** Synonyms
- [en] [obsolete]
- [Cervus canadensis] [en]
- [Alces alces] [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|Elk Lick |Black
Elk|elkburger|Elkhart|elkhorn|elkhound|elklike|elkskin|elkweed|elkwood |Elk
City|Elk County|Elk Grove |Elk Lick |Elk Point|Elk River|Elkton|Elk
Mountains|West Elk Mountains |Cape elk ([Taurotragus] spp.)|elk test |giant
elk (†[Megaloceros giganteus]) |Irish elk (†[Megaloceros giganteus]) |Nelson's
elk ([Cervus elaphus nelsoni]) |Roosevelt elk ([Cervus elaphus nelsoni]) }}
***** Descendants
- [de]
- [ko]
- [ml]
- [cy]
***** Translations
[_Alces alces_] [_Cervus canadensis_]
*** Etymology 2
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [[common swan] ( [Cygnus cygnus] , syn. [Cygnus ferus] )] .
*** References
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Afrikaans
*** Etymology
From [af].
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
*** Pronoun
[af]
1. [af] everyone ; everybody
**** Synonyms
- [af] , [af]
- [af] ; [af]
*** Determiner
[af]
1. [af] [af]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
[nl] From [nl]. Compare [en], [fy], from [nl], analyzed as [gmw-pro] +
[gem-pro] + [gem-pro].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Determiner
[nl]
1. each ; every
**** Usage notes
- The Dutch determiners _elk_ and [nl] are entirely interchangeable. They do not exhibit the slight distinction that is usually made between English [en] and [en] . [1]
**** Declension
[-]
**** Descendants
- [af]
- [dcr]
*** Pronoun
[nl]
1. [nl] everyone ; everybody
*** References
References:
[1]. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505035657/http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/253/elk_ieder/
*** Further reading
- [R:GB]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
[nl]
** Low German
*** Etymology
Ultimately from [nds], from [gmw-pro] + [gmw-pro]. Compare [nl], [en].
*** Pronoun
[nds]
1. [nds] each , every
2. [nds] some , many
**** Declension
[head=elk]
*** See also
- jede
- männich
- veel
- enige
- [nds]
- [nds]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
[enm] Apparently from [enm], though it is not found before 1475 and the
phonetic development is unexpected, though compare dialectal [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm] [en] , moose ( [Alces alces] )
**** Descendants
- [en]
**** References
- [entry=elk]
[enm]