nýra
Faroese
[ˈnʊijɹa]
noun
Definitions
- kidney
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse nýra inherited from Proto-Germanic *neurô (kidney) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*negʷʰrós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nebrundines Latin
- nefrones Latin
- νεφρός Ancient Greek
- *negʷʰr-, *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- nyre Norwegian Bokmål
- *neurô Proto-Germanic
- nyre Norwegian Nynorsk
- *nēora Old English
- nýra Old Norse
- nýra Icelandic
- niere Middle Dutch
- nioro Old High German
- lækni Faroese
- nýralækni Faroese
- nýrasteinur Faroese
- steinur Faroese
- nēre Middle Low German
- niure Old Swedish
- niure, niūre Old Swedish
- niuræ, nyræ Old Danish