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).
elin m (dual dewelin, plural elinnyow)
elää (“to live”) + -in (instrumental suffix). Coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853.
elin
| Inflection of elin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | elin | elimet | ||
| genitive | elimen | elimien elinten | ||
| partitive | elintä | elimiä | ||
| illative | elimeen | elimiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | elin | elimet | ||
| accusative | nom. | elin | elimet | |
| gen. | elimen | |||
| genitive | elimen | elimien elinten | ||
| partitive | elintä | elimiä | ||
| inessive | elimessä | elimissä | ||
| elative | elimestä | elimistä | ||
| illative | elimeen | elimiin | ||
| adessive | elimellä | elimillä | ||
| ablative | elimeltä | elimiltä | ||
| allative | elimelle | elimille | ||
| essive | elimenä | eliminä | ||
| translative | elimeksi | elimiksi | ||
| abessive | elimettä | elimittä | ||
| instructive | — | elimin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
elin
elin m or n (feminine singular elină, masculine plural elini, feminine and neuter plural eline)
From Old Welsh elinou, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow; angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”).
elin f (plural elinoedd or elinau)
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| elin | unchanged | unchanged | helin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||