Where does “Łoś” come from?

Łoś (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic ȏlsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic alśis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólḱis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁el- — greyish or brownish coloration; deer, elk;...

Łoś (Polish): abbreviated name of the PZL.37 Łoś, a Polish twin-engine medium bomber, used in the Invasion of Poland in 1939

Definitions

  1. abbreviated name of the PZL.37 Łoś, a Polish twin-engine medium bomber, used in the Invasion of Poland in 1939

Ancestry of “Łoś”, step by step

Łoś traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic ȏlsь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicȏlsьelk (British), moose (U.S.)
2Proto-Balto-Slavicalśiselk, moose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólḱiselk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁el-greyish or brownish coloration; deer, elk;...

via Old Polish los

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishloslot
2Old High Germanhlōzfate
3Proto-Germanic*hlaut—
4Proto-Germanic*hlautazlot, share

Words derived from “Łoś”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁el- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólḱis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic alśis →