bierdna

Saami (Northern)

noun

Definitions

bear

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *piernë derived from Old Norse bjǫrn (bear).

Origin

Old Norse

bjǫrn

Gloss

bear

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

熊

Emoji

🐨 🐻‍❄️

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bjørn Norwegian Bokmål
*bernuz Proto-Germanic
bjørn Norwegian Nynorsk
Viðbjǫrn Old Norse
bjǫrn Old Norse
Ásbjǫrn Old Norse
Þórbjǫrn Old Norse
björn Icelandic
bjørn Faroese
*piernë Proto-Samic
biorn Old Swedish
bjern Westrobothnian
Bjørn Norwegian
biørn Old Danish