Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hirzniją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*herznô (North Germanic)
*hersô
*hirsniz, *hernô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxirz.ni.jɑ̃/

Noun

*hirzniją n

brain

Inflection

Declension of *hirzniją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hirzniją	*hirznijō
vocative	*hirzniją	*hirznijō
accusative	*hirzniją	*hirznijō
genitive	hirznijas, hirznīs	*hirznijǫ̂
dative	*hirznijai	*hirznijamaz
instrumental	*hirznijō	*hirznijamiz

Synonyms

*bragną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hirʀnī
- Old English: hærn
  - Scots: harn
  - ⇒ Middle English: hernes pl (< hærnes pl)
    - English: harns
    - Scots: harns
- Old Frisian: *harsen
  - West Frisian: harsen
- Old Saxon: hirni
  - Middle Low German: hërne, harne
    - Low German: Harn
- Old Dutch: *hirsna
  - Middle Dutch: hersene pl
    - Dutch: hersens pl, hersenen pl, hersen pl
      - Afrikaans: harsings
- Old High German: hirni
  - Middle High German: hirne, herne
    - Bavarian: Hirn
    - Cimbrian: hiarn
    - German: Hirn, ⇒ Gehirn
    - Luxembourgish: Hier, ⇒ Gehier

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hersan- ~ *herzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 221-2: “*(ga-)herzn-ja-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hersan- ~ *herzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 221-2: “*(ga-)herzn-ja-”

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