harn

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hersô“brain”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*herʀn
3. Old English · inherited fromhærn“brain”
4. Middle English · inherited from*harn
5. English todayharn

From Middle English *harn (attested in harnepan), from Old English hærn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀn, from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”).

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