Alle

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See also: alle, allé, and -alle

Translingual

Alle alle (sole species)

Etymology

From New Latin alca alle, probably so named from confusion with the long-tailed duck.[1] Compare Swedish alfågel (“long-tailed duck”), dialectal allegubbe (“male long-tailed duck”),[2] Icelandic hávella (“long-tailed duck”), Faroese ógvella (“long-tailed duck”), formations representing Proto-Germanic *allijǭ (“long-tailed duck”).[3] Related are Swedish alke (“auk”), and Finnish alli (“long-tailed duck”).

Proper noun

Alle f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the single species Alle alle (little auk or dovekie).

Derived terms

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
  1. ^ The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, James A. Joblin, 2010
  2. ^ "ALLE-GUBBE", Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt Dialekt-Lexikon: Ordbok Öfver Svenska Allmogespråket, B.A. Cronholm, 1867, page 7
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

German

Etymology

Derived from Old Prussian Alna, from alna (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

die Alle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Alle)

  1. Łyna (a river in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)
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