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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirzniją
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *hirsniz, *hernô
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxirz.ni.jɑ̃/
Noun
*hirzniją n
- (anatomy) brain
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hirzniją (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hirzniją | *hirznijō | |
vocative | *hirzniją | *hirznijō | |
accusative | *hirzniją | *hirznijō | |
genitive | *hirznijas, *hirznīs | *hirznijǫ̂ | |
dative | *hirznijai | *hirznijamaz | |
instrumental | *hirznijō | *hirznijamiz |
Synonyms
- *bragną
Descendants
- Old English: hærn (plural hærnes)
- Middle English: hernes
- English: harns
- Middle English: hernes
- Old Frisian: *harsen
- West Frisian: harsen
- Old Saxon: hirni
- Middle Low German: hërne, harne
- Old Saxon: *hirni, *hirsina
- Middle Dutch: hersene
- Dutch: hersens, hersenen, hersen
- Middle Dutch: hersene
- Old High German: hirni
- Middle High German: herne, hërne
- German: Hirn, Gehirn
- Luxembourgish: Hir, Gehir
- Middle High German: herne, hërne
- Old Norse: hjarni (< *hernô)
- Icelandic: hjarni
- Norwegian: hjerne, hjarre
- Old Swedish: hiærne
- Swedish: hjärna
- Danish: hjerne
- Elfdalian: ienne
- Gutnish: hjänne, hjärni