ניר

Yiddish

noun

Definitions

kidney

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German nioro (kidney, also testicle, testicle) derived from Proto-Germanic *neurô (kidney).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*neurô

Gloss

kidney

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

腎

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*negʷʰr-, *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
*negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
*neurô Proto-Germanic
*nēora Old English
nýra Old Norse
niere Middle Dutch
nioro Old High German
niere Middle High German
nēre Middle Low German