Old English elnboga

← Old English eln (affix)

← Old English boga (affix)

← German Ellenbogen (cognate)

← Middle Dutch elleboghe (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (inherited)

← Old High German elinbogo (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (root)

← Dutch elleboog (cognate)

← Old Norse ǫllnbogi (cognate)

→ English elbow (mention)

→ Middle English elbowe (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek ὠλένη (cognate)

→ Scots elbuck (mention)

→ Yola helbough (inherited)