hjarni
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse hjarni (“the brain”), whence the Old Norse hjarnamænir (“the skull”) from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją, *hirsniz (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cognate with Old High German hirni (“brain”), Swedish hjärna (“brain”), Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”), and Old English hærn (“brain”) (whence English harns).
Noun[edit]
hjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)
Usage notes[edit]
- A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
Declension[edit]
declension of hjarni
Synonyms[edit]
- (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili
Derived terms[edit]
- geimhjarni
- hjarnabörkur
- hjarnaskál
- hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
- hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
- rákahjarni (corpus striatum)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
hjarni
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *herznô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Noun[edit]
hjarni m (genitive hjarna)
- the brain
Declension[edit]
Declension of hjarni (weak an-stem)
Descendants[edit]
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/artnɪ
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Computing
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- is:Brain regions
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
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- Old Norse masculine nouns
- non:Organs
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