ὠλένη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) elbow, lower arm
- mat, mattress (=Latin torus (torus))
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₃l(e)n-, *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
- Elbowgate English
- bow English
- elbow English
- elbower English
- elbowful English
- elbowless English
- elbowlike English
- elbowroom English
- elbowy English
- ell English
- ulna English
- liminalis Latin
- ulna Latin
- ulna Italian
- ulna Spanish, Castilian
- κρᾱνίον Ancient Greek
- ὠλέκρανον Ancient Greek
- *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *Heh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- *Heh₃l- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- ulna Portuguese
- *alinabugô Proto-Germanic
- *alinō Proto-Germanic
- *alīnō Proto-Germanic
- boga Old English
- eln Old English
- elnboga Old English
- अरत्नि Sanskrit
- elbowe Middle English
- ulna Irish
- albogi Old Norse
- *olkъtь Proto-Slavic
- ulno Esperanto
- ulna Catalan, Valencian
- ulna Galician
- ող Armenian
- ωλένη Greek (modern)
- elin Welsh
- penelin Welsh
- ողն Old Armenian
- ողնաշար Old Armenian
- llërë Albanian
- *olīnā Proto-Celtic
- *Haratníš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *limo Proto-Italic
- *Haratníṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- dewelin Cornish
- elin Cornish
- *alanā Proto-Albanian
- āɽak inc-kho