Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *alkǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_alkǭ
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Nominale Stammbildungslehre der altgermanischen DialekteFriedrichKlugeMax Niemayer1899Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Indogermanisches etymologisches WörterbuchJuliusPokornyFrancke VerlagI1959Altnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977alarchswanolorswaneluswan
nounfeminineōn-stema kind of sea bird, aukProbably 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 *falkôde Vries 1977: 6, s.v. alkaKluge 1899: 31 §61bKroonen 2013: s.v. *alkōn-Pokorny 1959: 303–304, s.v. el-. The deeper Indo-European connection remains somewhat uncertain.