Where does “Hirn” come from?

Hirn (German) comes from Middle High German hirne, from Old High German hirni, from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī — brain.

Hirn (German): brain

Definitions

  1. brain

Ancestry of “Hirn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhirne—
2Old High Germanhirnibrain
3Proto-West Germanic*hirʀnībrain

Words derived from “Hirn”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī →Every word from Old High German hirni →Every word from Middle High German hirne →