alnis

Etymology
From, from a derived form of (maybe ). In ancient Latvian, must have meant “deer” (in general), as in other Baltic languages; in this sense, however, the word disappeared, perhaps as a consequence of the diminishing numbers of this species in nature. reintroduced it into the literary language in the 19th century with its original meaning (“deer”), but, by the beginning of the 20th century, it had changed to its modern meaning (“elk”). Cognates include 🇨🇬, dialectal, 🇨🇬 (probably earlier “female deer”), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, Russian and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, (< ).

Noun

 * 1) elk, moose