Hir
Luxemburgeois
/hiːʀ/
noun
Definitions
- brain (as food/meat)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German hirni (brain) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (brain).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hirzniją
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
- harnpan English
- harns English
- Dummhirn German
- Gehirn German
- Hirn German
- Hirnaktivität German
- Hirnblutung German
- Hirngespinst German
- Hirnkoralle German
- Hirnschale German
- Hirnschädel German
- Hirntod German
- Mittelhirn German
- hirnen German
- hirnlos German
- hirntot German
- hirnverbrannt German
- hersenbalk Dutch, Flemish
- hersenbloeding Dutch, Flemish
- hersencel Dutch, Flemish
- hersendood Dutch, Flemish
- hersenen Dutch, Flemish
- hersenpan Dutch, Flemish
- hersenschim Dutch, Flemish
- hersenschors Dutch, Flemish
- hersenspinsel Dutch, Flemish
- hersenspoelen Dutch, Flemish
- hersenspoeling Dutch, Flemish
- hersenvlies Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂-s-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱérh₂sō Proto-Indo-European
- *hirzniją Proto-Germanic
- hærn Old English
- hærnes Old English
- hernes Middle English
- hjarni Old Norse
- hjarsi Old Norse
- hjarni Icelandic
- hersene Middle Dutch
- hirni Old High German
- harsings Afrikaans
- hirne Middle High German
- Gehir Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch