elъkъ

elъkъ; jьlъkъ Grammatical information: adj. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `bitter, rancid'

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Russian:

ëlkij `bitter, rancid' [adj o] \{1\}

Belorussian:

ëlkij `bitter, rancid' [adj o]

Ukrainian:

ylkýj `rancid' [adj o]

Polish:

jeɫkij (E. dial.) `rancid' [adj o];

iɫkij (E. dial.) `rancid' [adj o]

Slovene:

jérǝk `sharp, astingent' [adj o];

žérǝk `sharp, astingent' [adj o]

Lithuanian:

alùs `beer' [m u]

Latvian:

alus `beer' [m u]

Old Prussian:

alu `mead' \{2\}

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂el-uko-

IE meaning: bitter

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Comments: The sometimes advocated connection with ἀλύδοιμον (Hes.) `sharp, pungent' and Lat. alūmen `alum' must be qualified as dubious.

Other cognates:

Gk. ἀλύδοιμον `sharp, pungent' [n];

Lat. alūmen `alum' [n];

OIc. ǫl `beer, ale' [n];

OE ealu(ʮ) `beer, ale' [n]

Notes:

\{1\} Cf. also ël(o)č' (Psk.) `bile' [f i]. \{2\} These Baltic words are probably borrowings from Germanic.