hrycgban
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) backbone; spine
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrugjabainą (backbone, spine) compound from Old English hryċġ (ridge, spine, elevated surface, back) + Old English bān (bone, tusk, the bone of a limb).
Origin
Old English
bān
Gloss
bone, tusk, the bone of a limb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
骨
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bainą Proto-Germanic
- *hrugjabainą Proto-Germanic
- *hrugjaz Proto-Germanic
- banleas Old English
- bænen Old English
- bān Old English
- elpendban Old English
- hryċġ Old English
- hryċġbān Old English
- scinban Old English
- bane Middle English
- banstikel Middle English
- bon Middle English
- bone Middle English
- rigge Middle English
- hregbēn Old Frisian