elin

From Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”). Cognate with Welsh elin, Breton ilin, Scottish Gaelic uileann, Irish uillinn; non-Celtic cognates include Latin ulna, Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɪn]

elin m (dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)

1. elbow

• IPA^(key): /ˈelin/, [ˈe̞lin]
• Rhymes: -elin
• Syllabification^(key): e‧lin

el- +‎ -in. Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

elin

1. organ of an organism
   1. (euphemistic) penis

      Synonyms: see siitin

2. governmental body

• elimellinen
• elimistö

elin

1. first-person singular past indicative of elää

• lein, neli, neli-

elin m or n (feminine singular elină, masculine plural elini, feminine and neuter plural eline)

1. Alternative form of elen

From Old Welsh elinou, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɪn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlɪn/, /ˈɛlɪn/

elin f (plural elinoedd or elinau)

1. (anatomy) elbow

   Synonym: penelin

2. (anatomy) forearm

   Synonym: rhagfraich

3. angle, bend

• penelin (“elbow”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “elin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies