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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Old Slavic customary measurements had "foot", but also "palm" and "elbow" (roughly forearm length), as well as some less obvious body part based measurements

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_(Einheit)

The Elle / Yard / Forearm is one of the oldest and most common ways of measurement