Dirne
German (Berlin)
/ˈdɪrnə/
noun
Definitions
- (derogatory) whore prostitute or sexually unreserved woman
- (archaic) girl; lass
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German dierne (servant, girl) inherited from Old High German diorna inherited from Proto-Germanic *þewernǭ (servant's daughter, maid) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tekw- (run, flow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tekw-
Gloss
run, flow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
🎽 🏃 🏃♀️ 🏃♂️ 💨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *tekw- Proto-Indo-European
- *þewernǭ Proto-Germanic
- þerna Old Norse
- þerna Icelandic
- diorna Old High German
- thiorna, diorna Old High German
- բոզ Old Armenian
- բոզութիւն Old Armenian
- dierne Middle High German
- *thiorna Old Dutch
- diarn Cimbrian
- diirna Cimbrian
- diirnle Cimbrian
- thiorna Old Saxon
- diarn Mòcheno
- բոզ Middle Armenian