hirvi.
elk, moose (Alces alces)
Meaning & usage
elk, moose (Alces alces)
any large deer, such as an elk, moose or wapiti
synonym of hirvenliha: meat of these animals
synonym of hirvieläin (“deer, Cervidae”)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *hirvi (compare Estonian hirv, Veps hirbʹ), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *širˀwis (compare Old Prussian sirwis (“deer”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ (“roe deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”) (compare Latin cervus). Doublet of sarvi.
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