björn
Icelandic
/pjœrtn/, /pjœtn/
noun
Definitions
- bear (mammal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bjǫrn (bear) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, *berô (bear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*berô
Gloss
bear
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Berengar English
- beer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- bjørn Norwegian Bokmål
- *bernuz Proto-Germanic
- *berô Proto-Germanic
- bjørn Norwegian Nynorsk
- beorn Old English
- bera Old English
- Bjarni Old Norse
- Viðbjǫrn Old Norse
- bjǫrn Old Norse
- Ásbjǫrn Old Norse
- Þórbjǫrn Old Norse
- Snæbjörn Icelandic
- hvítabjörn Icelandic
- hvítur Icelandic
- pokabjörn Icelandic
- poki Icelandic
- snær Icelandic
- ís Icelandic
- ísbjörn Icelandic
- þvottabjörn Icelandic
- þvottur Icelandic
- bero Old High German
- bjørn Faroese
- bër Middle High German
- *berō gmw-pro
- *bero Old Dutch
- bar Middle Low German
- bero Old Saxon
- *piernë Proto-Samic
- Bärr Alemannic German
- biorn Old Swedish
- bjern Westrobothnian
- *bara Old Frisian
- Bjørn Norwegian
- biørn Old Danish
- Boa Plautdietsch