Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “Heh₃l-én-eh₂”

69 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l-én-eh₂ — including elbow, ell, ellen, elbowroom, ellwand, alnage, alnager, elbowless.

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English (13)

Old Norse (6)

Middle English (6)

Icelandic (4)

Middle High German (4)

Old Frisian (3)

Old English (3)

German (3)

Old French (3)

Old High German (2)

French (2)

Danish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Japanese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Scanian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle French (1)

Frankish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)