alkas

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Lithuanian

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 Alka (religijotyra) on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Alkas

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian elks, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs, temple). The generally accepted etymology derives this from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (to protect), but it could very well be from a non-IE substrate language.[1]

Noun

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al̃kas m (plural al̃kai) stress pattern 2

  1. (holy) grove on a hill
  2. (religion, paganism) pagan holy site, god, idol, or altar

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “alkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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alkas

  1. indefinite genitive singular of alka

Anagrams

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