nier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/nir/
noun
Definitions
- A kidney.
- (especially in the diminutive) An animal kidney eaten as a food.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch niere inherited from Proto-Germanic *neurô (kidney) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*negʷʰrós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antikidney English
- forekidney English
- kidney English
- kidney-shaped English
- kidneyed English
- kidneyless English
- kidneylike English
- kidneyshell English
- kidneywood English
- kidneywort English
- monokidney English
- neer English
- nebrundines Latin
- nefrones Latin
- Nebenniere German
- Niere German
- Nierenbecken German
- Nierenfunktion German
- Nierenstein German
- Nierentransplantation German
- nierenförmig German
- bij Dutch, Flemish
- bijnier Dutch, Flemish
- falen Dutch, Flemish
- kunstnier Dutch, Flemish
- nierfalen Dutch, Flemish
- niersteen Dutch, Flemish
- steen Dutch, Flemish
- νεφρός Ancient Greek
- *negʷʰr-, *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- *negʷʰrós Proto-Indo-European
- *neurô Proto-Germanic
- *nēora Old English
- kednei Middle English
- neere Middle English
- nýra Old Norse
- niere Middle Dutch
- nioro Old High German
- nier Afrikaans
- niere Middle High German
- nēre Middle Low German
- kidni Tok Pisin