Where does “alce” come from?
alce (Italian) comes from Latin Alces, from Proto-Germanic algiz, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.
alce (Italian): elk , moose
Ancestry of “alce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Alces | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | algiz | elk |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ēl- | awl, prong |