Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alinō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*alīnō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“to bow, elbow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē), Latin ulna, Welsh elin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.li.nɔː/

Noun

*alinō f [1]

elbow
ell, cubit

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *alinō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*alinō	*alinôz
vocative	*alinō	*alinôz
accusative	*alinǭ	*alinōz
genitive	*alinōz	*alinǫ̂
dative	*alinōi	*alinōmaz
instrumental	*alinō	*alinōmiz

Derived terms

*alinabugô

Descendants

Old English: eln
- Middle English: eln, elne, elle
  - Scots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell
  - English: ell
Old Frisian: elne, ielne
- Saterland Frisian: Äälne
- West Frisian: jelne, jellen
Old Saxon: elina
- Middle Low German: elne
  - German Low German: Ell
Frankish: *alina
- Old Dutch: *elina
  - Middle Dutch: elle, elne
    - Dutch: el
- → Vulgar Latin: *alina (also possibly from Gothic)
  - Old French: alne
    - Middle French: aune
      - French: aune
      - → Italian: auna
Old High German: elina, elena, elna
- Middle High German: elline, elne, elle, eln, ellen, ele
  - German: Elle
Old Norse: alin, eln, ǫln
- Icelandic: alin, öln
- Faroese: alin
- Norwegian: alen
- Elfdalian: aln
- Old Swedish: alin, aln
  - Swedish: aln
- Danish: alen

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alīnō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 22

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alīnō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 22