Hirn
German (Berlin)
/hɪʁn/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) brain (organ)
- (uncountable) brain (meat)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hirne inherited from Old High German hirni (brain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (brain) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (head, hornet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerh₂s-
Gloss
head, hornet
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cerebrum Latin
- Aktivität German
- Blutung German
- Dummhirn German
- Gehirn German
- Gehirnerschütterung German
- Gehirnfunktion German
- Gehirnschädigung German
- Gehirnstrom German
- Gehirnwäsche German
- Gespinst German
- Hirnaktivität German
- Hirnblutung German
- Hirngespinst German
- Hirnkoralle German
- Hirnschale German
- Hirnschädel German
- Hirntod German
- Koralle German
- Mittelhirn German
- Schale German
- Schädel German
- Tod German
- dumm German
- hirnen German
- hirnlos German
- hirntot German
- hirnverbrannt German
- tot German
- verbrannt German
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂-s-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱérh₂sō Proto-Indo-European
- *hernô Proto-Germanic
- *hersô Proto-Germanic
- *hirzniją Proto-Germanic
- hærn Old English
- hærnes Old English
- hjarni Old Norse
- hjarsi Old Norse
- hjerne Danish
- hjernedød Danish
- hjerneforsker Danish
- hjernet Danish
- klæbehjerne Danish
- storhjerne Danish
- hersene Middle Dutch
- hirni Old High German
- hirne Middle High German
- Gehir Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Hir Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *śiršō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- hiarnæ Old Danish