Where does “elle” come from?

elle (Turkish) comes from Turkish el, from Ottoman Turkish ال, from Old Anatolian Turkish ال, from Proto-Turkic elig — hand.

elle (Turkish): by hand, manually; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. by hand, manually; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “elle”, step by step

elle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish el

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishelhand; a foreign person; country, homeland,...
2Ottoman Turkishالhand
3Old Anatolian Turkishال—
4Proto-Turkicelighand

via Turkish ile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishilewith; and
2Ottoman Turkishایلهby
3Old Anatolian Turkishاِیلَه—
4Proto-Turkicbilewith, together, also
Every word from Proto-Turkic elig →