Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁ólḱis”

52 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólḱis — including elk, hellebore, Elkton, elkhorn, elkskin, elkhound, helleborin, elkwood.

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English (12)

Latin (4)

Translingual (4)

Old English (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Middle English (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Spanish (2)

German (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Swedish (1)

Italian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old High German (1)

Danish (1)

French (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Romanian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

New Latin (1)