| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | el- |
| DEFINITION: | Elbow, forearm. 1. Extended form *el-in -, elbow. a. ell2, from Old English eln, forearm, cubit, from Germanic *elin ; b. elbow, from Old English elnboga, elbow, from Germanic compound *elino-bugn-, “bend of the forearm,” elbow (*bugn-, bend, bow; see bheug-); c. ulna, from Latin ulna, forearm. 2. Extended o-grade form *ol-en-. uilleann pipe, from Old Irish uilenn, elbow. 3. Extended lengthened o-grade form *l-en-. olecranon, from Greek len , elbow. 4. Extended basic form *el-in-. arshin, from Old Persian ara n-, ell, from Indo-Iranian *aratn(i)-, probably from a variant *el-etn- of *el-in-. (Pokorny 8. el- 307.) |
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