hjerne
Danish
/jɛrnə/
noun
Definitions
- brain (most senses)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish hiarnæ inherited from Old Norse hjarni (brain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hersô (brain) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (head, hornet) inherited from Old Norse hjarsi derived from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (brain).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hirzniją
Gloss
brain
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cerebrum Latin
- Dummhirn German
- Gehirn German
- Hirn German
- Hirnaktivität German
- Hirnblutung German
- Hirngespinst German
- Hirnkoralle German
- Hirnschale German
- Hirnschädel German
- Hirntod German
- Mittelhirn German
- hirnen German
- hirnlos German
- hirntot German
- hirnverbrannt German
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂-s-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱérh₂sō Proto-Indo-European
- hjerne Norwegian Bokmål
- isse Norwegian Bokmål
- *hernô Proto-Germanic
- *hersô Proto-Germanic
- *hirzniją Proto-Germanic
- hjärna Swedish
- hjasse Norwegian Nynorsk
- hjerne Norwegian Nynorsk
- isse Norwegian Nynorsk
- hærn Old English
- hærnes Old English
- hjarni Old Norse
- hjarsi Old Norse
- død Danish
- forsker Danish
- hjernedød Danish
- hjerneforsker Danish
- hjernet Danish
- isse Danish
- klæbe Danish
- klæbehjerne Danish
- stor Danish
- storhjerne Danish
- hjarni Icelandic
- hersene Middle Dutch
- hirni Old High German
- hirne Middle High German
- *śiršō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- hiarnæ Old Danish
- jassæ Old Danish