Words for elbow in Celtic languages.
| Proto-Celtic | *olīnā = elbow, angle, corner |
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| Old Irish (Goídelc) | uilen = elbow, forearm; angle, corner uilnech = angled, cornered, squared-off |
| Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) | uilen, uille, uile, uilenn, uillenn = elbow, forearm; angle, corner uillennach = having angles, angular uilnech, uillech = having elbows, angles, corners |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | uillinn = elbow, angle uillinntomhas = protractor uilleannach = having prominent elbows, elbowing, nudging uilleach = angular uilleachas = angularity |
| Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | uileann [ulən̪ˠ] = elbow, angle ceart-uileann = right angle uileann tilgidh = trajectory |
| Manx (Gaelg) | uillin = elbow, elbow joint, crook, angle, corner, nudge uilliney = elbow uillinaghey = to elbow, jostle |
| Old Welsh | elin = elbow, forearm |
| Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | elin, elyn = elbow, forearm elin(i)oc = elbow-shaped, angular penn y elined, penn (yr) elin = elbow, bend |
| Welsh (Cymraeg) | elin [ˈɛlɪn / ˈeːlɪn] = elbow, forearm; angle, bend elinaf, elino = to elbow, jostle, project, jut out elin(i)og = elbow-shaped, angular, having arms (of chair) penelin, pen elin = elbow, bend, projection, corner |
| Middle Cornish (CerneweC) | elin, elyn = angle, elbow |
| Cornish (Kernewek) | elin [‘ɛlɪn] = elbow, angle elin pedrek = right angle |
| Middle Breton (Brezonec) | elin, ilin = elbow, bend elinar, elinat, ilinad = bent, angled |
| Breton (Brezhoneg) | ilin [ˈiːlin] = elbow, bend ilinad = bent, angled ilinañ = to lean ilinata = to elbow, jostle ilinañ = to lean iliner = armrest ilinwisk = elbow pad/brace/support |
Etymology: from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (to bend). Cognate with the Latin ulna (elbow, arm), and the English elbow and ulna (one of the bones in the forearm, a.k.a. elbow bone) [source].
Words marked with a * are reconstructions.
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, Online Manx Dictionary, Teanglann.ie, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionaire Favereau, TermOfis, English – ProtoCeltic WordList (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
