elnboga
Old English
noun
Definitions
- elbow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (elbow) affix from Old English eln (a unit of measure, the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger) + Old English boga (bow)root from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (bend, elbow, bow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Heh₃l-
Gloss
bend, elbow, bow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
肘
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elbow English
- liminalis Latin
- Ellenbogen German
- Ellenbogengesellschaft German
- ellebogenwerk Dutch, Flemish
- elleboog Dutch, Flemish
- ὠλέκρανον Ancient Greek
- ὠλένη Ancient Greek
- *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *Heh₃l- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- *alinabugô Proto-Germanic
- *alinō Proto-Germanic
- *alīnō Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- boga Old English
- bogiht Old English
- elboga Old English
- eln Old English
- regnboga Old English
- bowe Middle English
- elbowe Middle English
- elle Middle English
- ellen Middle English
- elne Middle English
- albogi Old Norse
- alnbogi Old Norse
- ǫl(n)bogi, al(n)bogi, ǫlnbogi Old Norse
- ǫlnbogi Old Norse
- *olkъtь Proto-Slavic
- ωλένη Greek (modern)
- bwa Welsh
- ellenbōge Middle Dutch
- bogo Old High German
- elina Old High German
- elinbogo Old High German
- elenboge Middle High German
- Ielebou Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *elinbogo Old Dutch
- *olīnā Proto-Celtic
- *Haratníš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *limo Proto-Italic
- èlebog Papiamentu