Alle
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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the single species Alle alle (little auk or dovekie).
Derived terms
- Alle alle
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, James A. Joblin, 2010
- "ALLE-GUBBE", Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt Dialekt-Lexikon: Ordbok Öfver Svenska Allmogespråket, B.A. Cronholm, 1867, page 7
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
Little auk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alle on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alle on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alle at World Register of Marine Species
- Alle at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Alle at Encyclopedia of Life
- Alle at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alle at Avibase
- Alle at Paleology Database
German
Etymology
Derived from Old Prussian Alna, from alna (“to flow”).
Proper noun
die Alle f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive derAlle)
- Łyna (a river in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)