nier

Dutch (Brabantic)

/nir/

noun
Definitions
  • A kidney.
  • (especially in the diminutive) An animal kidney eaten as a food.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch niere 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