Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alinabugô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

From *alinō (ell, ulna, forearm) +‎ *bugô (bend, bow).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.in.bu.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*alinabugô m[1]

  1. elbow

Inflection

Declension of *alinabugô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alinabugô *alinabuganiz
vocative *alinabugô *alinabuganiz
accusative *alinabuganų *alinabuganunz
genitive *alinabuginiz *alinabuganǫ̂
dative *alinabugini *alinabugammaz
instrumental *alinabuginē *alinabugammiz

Descendants

  • Old English: elnboga, elboga
    • Middle English: *elboghe, *elboȝe, elbowe
  • Old Frisian: *elboga
  • Old Saxon: *elinbogo
    • Middle Low German: ellebōge
      • German Low German: Ellebage
      • Plautdietsch: Alboagen
  • Old Dutch: *elinbogo
  • Old High German: elinbogo
  • Old Norse: ǫlnbogi, alnbogi, albogi, ǫlbogi
    • Icelandic: olnbogi, olbogi
    • Faroese: albogi, albógvi
    • Norwegian:
    • Old Swedish: *alnboghi, alboghi
    • Old Danish: almboghæ
      • Danish: albue, almbue, armbue
    • Gutnish: albuge, armbuge
    • Elfdalian: abugi
    • Scanian: alnbuğe

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*alina-buʒōn”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14