el-7, elǝ-, with -k-extension elk-, elǝk-
- el-7, elǝ-, with -k-extension elk-, elǝk-
el-7, elǝ-, with -k-extension elk-, elǝk-
English meaning: hungry, bad
Deutsche Übersetzung: “hungrig, schlecht” (?)
Material: O.Ir. elc “mad, wicked, evil” (but olc ds., gen. uilc places *ulko- ahead!); about Lat. ulciscor “to avenge oneself on, take vengeance on, punish, recompense” see under elkos-; perhaps O.N. illr “mad, wicked, evil” (*elhila-); Lith. álkti, Ltv. al̂kt (besides s-al̂kt) ‘starve” (*olǝk-), O.Pruss. alkīns, Lith. álkanas ‘sober”; O.C.S. lačǫ and alъčǫ , lakati and alъkati, Sloven. lákati ‘starve”, Cz. lakati “long, want”, where the stem Slav. *ólka derives from Präter.; in addition the adjectives O.C.S. lačъnъ, alъčьnъ, Cz. lačný “ hungry” and O.C.S. lakomъ “ hungry”, Cz. lakomū “ greedy “, etc. Maybe Alb. lakmi “desire, hunger”.
References: WP. I 159 f., Trautmann 6 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary.
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