ben
Norwegian
noun-n1
Definitions
- a leg
- a bone
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bein (bone, leg) derived from Proto-Germanic *bainą (bone).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bainą
Gloss
bone
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
骨
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bein Norwegian Bokmål
- hale Norwegian Bokmål
- haleben Norwegian Bokmål
- menneske Norwegian Bokmål
- menneskeben Norwegian Bokmål
- *bainą Proto-Germanic
- bein Norwegian Nynorsk
- filsbein Norwegian Nynorsk
- bān Old English
- bein Old Norse
- berbeinn Old Norse
- ben Danish
- filsben Danish
- bein Icelandic
- bein Faroese
- *bain gmw-pro
- ben Old Dutch
- bēn Old Dutch
- ben Old Swedish
- ben, bēn Old Swedish
- bain Westrobothnian
- bēn Old Frisian