ulna (bone of the forearm) · ell (historic unit of length)
çekim: çoğul Ellen · tamlayan Ellen
eş: Ulna, Schneiderelle, Tuchelle
köken: From Middle High German elle, from Old High German elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. The form elle is most readily explained as an assimilation of syncopated elne (like müller from earlier mülnære). Alternatively it can also be a backformation from apocopated eln, elen. Cognate with English ell, which compare.
a unit of length corresponding to about 69 cm: ell, cubit
çekim: çoğul ellen
köken: From Middle Dutch elne, elle, from Old Dutch *elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. Cognate with English ell, German Low German Ell, German Elle.
elbow, forearm · a traditional measure of length used in Sweden and Finland, equivalent to 59.34 centimetres · synonym of arsina (“Russian cubit, approximately 71.12 cm”)
çekim: çoğul kyynärät · tamlayan kyynärän
köken: From Proto-Finnic *küünärä, from Proto-Uralic *küńä. Cognates include Estonian küünar, Livonian kīndõr, Northern Sami gardnjil, Erzya кенере (kenere), Komi-Permyak гырддза (gyrddźa, “elbow”), the initial component of Udmurt гырпум (gyrpum, “elbow”) and Hungarian könyök.
Inherited from Middle French aune, from Old French alne, from Vulgar Latin *alina, from a Germanic language, probably Frankish *alina, from Proto-Germanic *alinō. Cognate with Old High German elina, Old English eln, Old Norse alin, ǫln, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina), and Latin ulna. More at ell.