Where does “hærnes” come from?

hærnes (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *herʀn, from Proto-Germanic hersô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

hærnes (Old English): brains

Definitions

  1. brains

Ancestry of “hærnes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*herʀn—
2Proto-Germanichersôcrown of head
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂s-head; hornet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “hærnes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hersô →