bernen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To burn.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English birnan (burn) inherited from *brinnan derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (burn, be on fire).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brinnaną
Gloss
burn, be on fire
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Burnmouth English
- Burnside English
- aburn English
- afterburn English
- backburn English
- brimstone English
- burn English
- burn up English
- burnability English
- burnable English
- burndown English
- burner English
- burnest English
- burneth English
- burnie English
- burnlike English
- burnoff English
- burnproof English
- burnt English
- burny English
- cryoburn English
- deorbit burn English
- forburn English
- freeburn English
- heartburn English
- inburn English
- moonburn English
- nonburn English
- noseburn English
- outburn English
- overburn English
- postburn English
- preburn English
- rainburn English
- reburn English
- rugburn English
- screenburn English
- sunburn English
- unburn English
- underburn English
- windburn English
- bronst Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European
- *brinnaną Proto-Germanic
- biernan Old English
- birnan Old English
- forbirnan Old English
- þurhbirnan Old English
- brenna Old Norse
- brinna Old Norse
- branden Middle Dutch
- brinnan Old High German
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 Gothic
- *brinnan gmw-pro
- *brinnan Old Dutch
- brennen Old Dutch
- brinnan Old Dutch
- brinnan Old Saxon