Are elbows named elbows because they bow into an L shape?

[Waru]

My hypothesis is further supported by the German "Ellbogen" being elbow and "bogen" being bow.

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[Clownfish]

why isn't the left hand called the L hand because it makes an L if you extend your finger and thumb

[TeeOS]

could also be because it bends outwards like a bow

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[XR-7]

No they are called elbows because they look like arms

[Waru]

could also be because it bends outwards like a bow

why isnt it called armbow then, or simply bow?

[SteveJenkins]

Loominarty confirmed

[The Resonte!]

you people can't tell from an oboe to an elbow

heh heh

oboe

band humor

[Maxwell.]

the name in english comes from ell (which is 37 inches (6 hand breadths)) and bow (the shape)

[Zack]

This is the kind of thing people go to wikipedia for.

Thankfully you have us to give you the actual answers, because noone trusts wikipedia, and everyone trusts us.

Obviously it's because the A through K bows were taken.

[XR-7]

the name in english comes from ell (which is 37 inches (6 hand breadths)) and bow (the shape)

6 handbreadths of bow

[Headcrab Zombie]

it's cuz they're shaped like elbow macaroni

[Daswiruch]

it's cuz they're shaped like elbow macaroni

psyche cant use the word to define the word

[Donnies Catch]

you guessed it!!!!!!

[Headcrab Zombie]

psyche cant use the word to define the word

im not defining it u dummo

[TheABELBOTO]

no it's just how spanish people called it

el-bow

bow as in the thing that shoots arrows.