aune
French
noun
Definitions
- (historical) ell
- (by extension) measuring rod of one ell
- (figuratively) yardstick standard to which other comparisons are judged
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French aune inherited from Old French alne derived from Latin *alina derived from Frankish *alina derived from Proto-Germanic *alinō (elbow, ell).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*alinō
Gloss
elbow, ell
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肘
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ulna English
- *alina Latin
- ulna Latin
- ulna Italian
- auner French
- ulna Spanish, Castilian
- *Heh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- *Heh₃l- Proto-Indo-European
- *Heh₃l-én-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- ulna Portuguese
- *alinō Proto-Germanic
- *alīnō Proto-Germanic
- eln Old English
- elnboga Old English
- elle Middle English
- ellen Middle English
- elne Middle English
- ulna Irish
- alin Old Norse
- ǫln Old Norse
- alen Danish
- alne Old French
- ulno Esperanto
- ulna Catalan, Valencian
- ulna Galician
- elina Old High German
- elinbogo Old High German
- elle Middle High German
- aune Middle French
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *alinu gmw-pro
- elina Old Saxon
- *alina Frankish
- elne Old Frisian