Talk:brain

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#The physical aspect of the central nervous system, as opposed to mind.

reasons:

1. brain is a synonym of (at least one meaning of) mind
2. Entry was added in such a way as to fuck up the translations numbering
3. It is redundant (definition #1 already says what this seems to be trying to convey.)

--Connel MacKenzie 06:45, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Has anyone ever considered a connection between Proto-Germanic *bragną (“brain”) and Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn)? 74.185.212.232 22:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

There's the matter of the g in the Proto-Germanic, and there's an Ancient Greek cognate, βρεχμός (brekhmós), that would have to be explained. As odd as the etymologies look in both entries, they explain the facts better than your suggestion.

Also, the Greek word positions the mind/soul in a quite different part of the body: there was still debate in Greek times as to where it resided- so it's entirely possible that the Indo-Europeans wouldn't have seen any connection at all between the brain and the mind. Chuck Entz (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2014 (UTC)Reply

Unrelated, we have the etymology coming from /mregh-men/ and we gloss the second morpheme as "mind, to think" but unless there is some overt morphological marker that ties it to the word for mind, i would think a more likely candidate for the second morpheme is PIE -mḗn which is seen at the end of many other such words. —Soap— 16:53, 3 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Some possible citations (though they are from cheesy vanity-published books): Equinox ◑ 22:24, 19 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

• give brain? --Type56op9 (talk) 22:29, 19 December 2014 (UTC)Reply
  • I found a quote by a rapper about getting brain from someone's dame in the range--Type56op9 (talk) 22:42, 19 December 2014 (UTC)Reply