hjarni
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
hjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)
Usage notes
- A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
Declension
declension of hjarni
Synonyms
- (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili
Derived terms
- geimhjarni
- hjarnabörkur
- hjarnaskál
- hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
- hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
- rákahjarni (corpus striatum)
Etymology 2
Noun
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hernô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Noun
hjarni m (genitive hjarna)
- the brain
Declension
Categories:
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Brain regions
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- 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
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