ērglis

From Proto-Baltic *erélis (“eagle”) (whence dialectal Latvian erelis, then *er(e)lis > *èrdlis > *èrglis > ērglis), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *arélis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“eagle”).

Cognates include Lithuanian erẽlis, regional arẽlis, Old Prussian arelie (corrected: arelis), Hittite 𒄩𒀀𒊏𒀸 (ḫāras, “eagle”), Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (Old Church Slavonic орьлъ (orĭlŭ), Russian орёл (orjól), Belarusian аро́л (aról), Ukrainian оре́л (orél), Bulgarian оре́л (orél), Czech orel, Slovak orol, Polish orzeł), Proto-Germanic *aran (Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌰 (ara, “eagle”), Old High German arn, German Aar (poetic), Adler, Dutch adelaar (both from adel-are “noble eagle”), Danish ørn, Swedish örn, Old English earn), Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɛ̀ːrɡlis]

ērglis m (2nd declension)

1. eagle (large carnivorous birds in fam. Accipitridae, with hooked bill and keen vision)

   kalnu ērglis ― mountain eagle

   klinšu ērglis ― imperial eagle (lit. rock eagle)

   jūras ērglis ― sea eagle

   zivju ērglis ― fish eagle

   ērgļa acis, skatiens ― eagle eyes, vision (i.e., very sharp eyes, vision)