Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herznô

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 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

Etymology

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

Noun

*herznô m

  1. (North Germanic) brain
    Synonyms: *bragną, *hirzniją

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *herznô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *herznô *herznaniz
vocative *herznô *herznaniz
accusative *herznanų *herznanunz
genitive *hirzniniz *herznanǫ̂
dative *hirznini *herznammaz
instrumental *hirzninē *herznammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hersan- ~ *herzan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 221-2: “*herznan-”
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