brayn
Middle English
/ˈbrɛi̯n/
noun
Definitions
- The brain or cerebrum; the organ of thought.
- Brain matter; the substance the brain is made of.
- The brains of animals used as food.
- One's capacity of thought; the mind.
- bone Bone marrow; the substance inside bones.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bræġn (brain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bragną (brain).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bragną
Gloss
brain
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
脳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 'tweenbrain English
- Brainfuck English
- afterbrain English
- assbrain English
- beanbrain English
- beetlebrain English
- birdbrain English
- blubberbrain English
- brain English
- brain-damaged English
- brain-dead English
- brainal English
- brainball English
- brainbox English
- brainbuster English
- braincase English
- braincast English
- brainchild English
- braindance English
- braindead English
- brainectomy English
- brained English
- brainer English
- brainfest English
- brainfood English
- brainfuck English
- brainful English
- braingasm English
- braingraph English
- brainhood English
- brainial English
- brainish English
- brainist English
- brainless English
- brainlet English
- brainlike English
- brainlock English
- brainly English
- brainpan English
- brainpower English
- brainsick English
- brainstorm English
- brainteaser English
- brainteasing English
- brainwash English
- brainwave English
- brainwide English
- brainwipe English
- brainwork English
- brainworm English
- brainwriting English
- brainy English
- chemobrain English
- cockbrain English
- crackbrain English
- debrain English
- dickbrain English
- eigenbrain English
- endbrain English
- fleabrain English
- forebrain English
- fuckbrain English
- harebrain English
- hemibrain English
- hindbrain English
- hot-brain English
- interbrain English
- intrabrain English
- jellybrain English
- lackbrain English
- lamebrain English
- laserbrain English
- madbrain English
- midbrain English
- musclebrain English
- nerdbrain English
- no-brainer English
- nonbrain English
- outbrain English
- peabrain English
- pissbrain English
- rattlebrain English
- scatterbrain English
- shitbrain English
- superbrain English
- tardbrain English
- ticklebrain English
- zerobrain English
- *mregʰnom Proto-Indo-European
- *bragną Proto-Germanic
- ブレーン Japanese
- brægn Old English
- bræġenpanne Old English
- bræġn Old English
- bræġnpanne Old English
- brane Middle English
- brayn panne Middle English
- brayne Middle English
- braynen Middle English
- braynles Middle English
- brayny Middle English
- panne Middle English
- *bragan Old Dutch
- *bregin Old Saxon
- *brein Old Frisian
- brein Old Frisian
- brein Torres Strait Creole