harns

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱérh₂sō“head”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hersô“brain”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*herʀn
4. Old English · inherited fromhærnas“brains”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhernes
6. English todayharns

From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnas (“brains”), plural of hærn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀn, from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“head”), from *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).

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