ulna
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
- (pars pro toto) arm
- a linear measure, cubit, ell
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*Heh₃l(e)n-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elbow English
- ell English
- ellwand English
- radioulna English
- ulna English
- ulnad English
- ulnar English
- ulna Italian
- aune French
- auner French
- ланита Russian
- ulna Spanish, Castilian
- ὠλέκρανον Ancient Greek
- ὠλένη Ancient Greek
- *Heh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eh₃l(e)n- Proto-Indo-European
- ulna Portuguese
- *alinō Proto-Germanic
- *alīnō Proto-Germanic
- uvled Norwegian Nynorsk
- eln Old English
- elnboga Old English
- अरत्नि Sanskrit
- elle Middle English
- ellen Middle English
- elne Middle English
- ulna Irish
- ǫln Old Norse
- ǫlnbogi Old Norse
- *olnita Proto-Slavic
- ulno Esperanto
- ulna Catalan, Valencian
- ulna Galician
- ωλένη Greek (modern)
- elin Welsh
- penelin Welsh
- elina Old High German
- elinbogo Old High German
- ланита Bulgarian
- elle Middle High German
- llërë Albanian
- aune Middle French
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 Gothic
- *alinu gmw-pro
- *olīnā Proto-Celtic
- elina Old Saxon
- ланита Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *Haratníṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- dewelin Cornish
- elin Cornish
- *alanā Proto-Albanian
- āɽak inc-kho