Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *alinabugôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_alinabugô
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aA Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European rootsCalvertWatkinsBostonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2011ὠλένηelbow, lower arm*bʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch*Heh₃l-to bow, bend; elbowelnbogaelbowelinbogoelbowǫlnbogielbowalnbogielbowulnaforearmuilenelbow, angleelinelbow
nounmasculinean-stemelbow; the joint or bend between the upper and lower armA transparent compound of *alinō + *bugô, literally ‘bend/bow of the forearm’ Orel 2003: 14Watkins 2011: s.v. el- . The formation is securely Proto-Germanic, reflected by Old English elnboga, Old High German elinbogo, and Old Norse ǫlnbogi, alnbogi; the widespread agreement of North and West Germanic favors inheritance rather than parallel innovation.Ultimately the two constituents continue separate Proto-Indo-European formations. *alinō belongs to the widespread Indo-European ‘elbow, forearm’ family from PIE root *Heh₃l-, with derivatives including Ancient Greek ὠλένη ὠλένη, Latin ulna, Old Irish uilen, and Welsh elinBeekes 2010: 1678–79Matasović 2009a: 297–98Watkins 2011: s.v. el-. Mallory and Adams 1997: 176 regard this body-part term as widespread and old in Indo-European, though affected by some irregular phonological developments. The second constituent, *bugô, continues the Germanic ‘bend, bow’ noun associated with *beuganą/*būganą and ultimately PIE *bʰewgʰ-.