Niere
German (Berlin)
/ˈniːʁə/
noun
Definitions
- kidney
- (obsolete) testicle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German niere (testicle, kidney) inherited from Old High German nioro (kidney, also testicle, testicle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *neurô (kidney) derived from Middle Low German nēre (kidney).
Origin
Middle Low German
nēre
Gloss
kidney
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
腎
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antikidney English
- forekidney English
- kidney English
- kidney-shaped English
- kidneyed English
- kidneyless English
- kidneylike English
- kidneyshell English
- kidneywood English
- kidneywort English
- monokidney English
- neer English
- nebrundines Latin
- nefrones Latin
- -n- German
- Becken German
- Funktion German
- Nebenniere German
- Nierenbecken German
- Nierenfunktion German
- Nierenfunktionsstörung German
- Nierenstein German
- Nierentransplantation German
- Stein German
- Transplantation German
- nierenförmig German
- bijnier Dutch, Flemish
- kunstnier Dutch, Flemish
- nier Dutch, Flemish
- nierfalen Dutch, Flemish
- niersteen Dutch, Flemish
- *negʷʰr-, *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- *neurô Proto-Germanic
- njure Swedish
- nerka Polish
- *nēora Old English
- kednei Middle English
- neere Middle English
- nýra Old Norse
- nyre Danish
- niere Middle Dutch
- nioro Old High German
- nier Afrikaans
- niere Middle High German
- Nier Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ניר Yiddish
- nēre Middle Low German
- niure, niūre Old Swedish
- kidni Tok Pisin
- Nier Hunsrik
- niuræ, nyræ Old Danish