*alkǭ
Runic: ᚨᛚᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɑl.kɔ̃ː/noun · feminine · ōn-stem
Meanings
a kind of sea bird, auk
Etymology
Probably from a western Indo-European water-bird stem *h₁el-/*h₁ol-, with a velar animal-name formant; compare Welshalarch, Old Irish elu, and Latin olor. Proto-Germanic *-k- belongs to a formant particularly frequent in Germanic bird names, as also *habukaz and *falkô (de Vries 1977: 6, s.v. alka; Kluge 1899: 31 §61b; Kroonen 2013: s.v. *alkōn-; Pokorny 1959: 303–304, s.v. el-). The deeper Indo-European connection remains somewhat uncertain.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | alkǭ | alkōniz |
| Acc. | alkōnų | alkōnunz |
| Gen. | alkōniz | alkōnǫ̂ |
| Dat. | alkōni | alkōmaz |
| Inst. | alkōnē | alkōmiz |
| Voc. | alkǭ | alkōniz |
Descendants
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alka (Old Norse)
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alke (Danish)
- alke (Norwegian Bokmål)
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alke (Danish)
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alka (Old Norse)
- álka (Faroese)
- alke, alka, ålke (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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alka (Old Norse)
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álka (Icelandic)
- auk (English)
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álka (Icelandic)
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alka (Old Norse)
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alka (Swedish)
- alk (Dutch)
- Alk (German)
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alka (Swedish)