elin

From Proto-Brythonic *ölin, 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):

elin m (dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)

1. elbow

• IPA^(key): /ˈelin/,
• Rhymes: -elin
• Hyphenation^(key): elin

elää (“to live”) +‎ -in (instrumental suffix). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.

elin

1. organ (larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions)
   1. (euphemistic) penis

      Synonyms: see siitin

2. body (organisation, company or other authoritative group, such as a governmental body)

   Synonym: toimielin

3. Clipping of kone-elin.

• “elin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

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 Middle Welsh elin, from Old Welsh elin, Proto-Brythonic *ölin, from 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