AUK - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
Categories: Seabird, Sea bird, Seafowl
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "auk" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. It started in Proto-Germanic *alkǭ. Then it appeared in Old Norse alka. Later, people used it in Icelandic álka. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Swedish: alka
- Danish: alke
- Latin: olor
- Ancient Greek: ἐλέα
- Welsh: alarch
🧩 Fun Fact
A word passing through this many languages survived because it named something universally important.