hjärta

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See also: hjarta

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish hiærta, from Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (heart). Compare English heart, German Herz, Dutch hart, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk hjarta, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hjerte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛrˌta/,
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Noun

hjärta n

  1. (anatomy, also figuratively) heart
    Hypernym: kroppsdel

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Descendants

  • Finnish: hertta

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