ben
Danish
/beːˀn/
noun
Definitions
- leg a lib of a human or an animal used for walking, also, by analogy, the legs of a desk or a chair
- bone any part of the skeleton
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bein (bone, leg) inherited 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
- anklebone English
- armbone English
- backbone English
- barebone English
- bladebone English
- bonable English
- bone English
- boneache English
- bonebed English
- bonedigger English
- bonedog English
- bonedome English
- bonefish English
- bonefolder English
- bonehead English
- boneheaded English
- bonehouse English
- bonejarring English
- boneless English
- bonelet English
- bonelike English
- boner English
- boneseed English
- boneseeker English
- boneset English
- bonesetter English
- bonesetting English
- boneshaker English
- boneshaking English
- boneyard English
- bonfire English
- bony English
- breakbone English
- breastbone English
- browbone English
- cheekbone English
- chickenboner English
- collarbone English
- cuttlebone English
- debone English
- dogbone English
- dragonbone English
- earbone English
- featherbone English
- fingerbone English
- fishbone English
- footbone English
- greenbone English
- hambone English
- heelbone English
- herringbone English
- intrabone English
- jawbone English
- knitbone English
- knucklebone English
- legbone English
- marrowbone English
- neckbone English
- nonbone English
- redbone English
- ridgebone English
- ringbone English
- sharebone English
- shinbone English
- shoulder bone English
- sidebone English
- skullbone English
- spadebone English
- tailbone English
- thighbone English
- unbone English
- underbone English
- whalebone English
- wishbone English
- wristbone English
- yellow bone English
- Bein German
- Beinbruch German
- Beinhaus German
- Beinkleid German
- Beinprothese German
- Beinstellen German
- Brustbein German
- Dickbein German
- Elfenbein German
- Falzbein German
- Hosenbein German
- Jochbein German
- Kreuzbein German
- Langbeinfliege German
- Nasenbein German
- Scheitelbein German
- Schläfenbein German
- Schlüsselbein German
- Sitzbein German
- Steißbein German
- Streichbein German
- Wadenbein German
- Zungenbein German
- beinfarben German
- beinlos German
- dreibeinig German
- einbeinig German
- vierbeinig German
- x-beinig German
- zweibeinig German
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- bein Norwegian Bokmål
- ben Norwegian Bokmål
- *bainą Proto-Germanic
- bein Norwegian Nynorsk
- filsbein Norwegian Nynorsk
- bān Old English
- bon Middle English
- bein Old Norse
- berbeinn Old Norse
- arbejde Danish
- archaic rib Danish
- benarbejde Danish
- edderkop Danish
- edderkoppeben Danish
- filsben Danish
- firben Danish
- fire Danish
- hofte Danish
- hofteben Danish
- ko Danish
- koben Danish
- krave Danish
- kraveben Danish
- lår Danish
- lårben Danish
- nøgle Danish
- nøgleben Danish
- rev Danish
- ribben Danish
- bein Icelandic
- bein Faroese
- bein Middle High German
- *bain gmw-pro
- ben Old Dutch
- bēn Old Dutch
- ben Old Swedish
- ben, bēn Old Swedish
- bain Westrobothnian
- bēn Old Frisian
- bom Volapük
- bun Tok Pisin
- bon Torres Strait Creole