Etymograph

English

ulna

Ulna comes from Latin ulna ‘elbow’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *olenā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*olenāreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulna‘elbow’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*olenāreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulna‘elbow’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- ‘to bend’

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Today it means

noun The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *olenā / ulna

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