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Where does “肘” come from?

肘 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-g(r)u — elbow; cubit.

Ancestry of “肘”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans-g(r)uelbow; cubit
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