köken: Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. Derived with the suffix -s from Middle Low German grīpen or grabben. These interrelated verbs are cognate with English gripe and grab respectively. For the semantics compare German begreifen (“to understand”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mozgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *masgás (“marrow; brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós. Cognate with Polish mózg, Serbo-Croatian мозак (mozak), Persian مغز (maġz), Dutch merg, English marrow.
köken: From Byzantine Greek μυαλόν (mualón), from alteration of earlier μυαλός (mualós), from Koine Greek μυαλός (mualós), from Ancient Greek μυελός (muelós).
head (part of the body) · head (individual person in relation to a group) · head (person in intellectual terms)
çekim: çoğul głowy · tamlayan głowy
eş: łeb, łepetyna, czerep, bańka, dynia, makówka
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *golvà Old Polish głowa Polish głowa Inherited from Old Polish głowa. Doublet of hołowa, a form borrowed from East Slavic.
brain (organ) · brains, grey matter (ability to think)
çekim: çoğul aivojen · tamlayan aivojen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aivo (compare Estonian aju (“brain, mind”)), from Proto-Uralic *ajŋe (compare Hungarian agy (“brain”) and possibly Moksha уй (uj, “brain”)).
köken: Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”). Doublet of înțelept, which was inherited.
brain · the most important people in an organization, leaders
çekim: çoğul možgȃni · tamlayan možgȃnov
köken: From Proto-Slavic *mȍžžene.The word has undergone irregular change e → a, probably by analogy in *moždanъ.^([→Snoj, 2015]) This caused gradual hardening of the consonant cluster to (žž → ždž → žg). The non-fully hardened form (možjȃni) is obsolete or dialectal (Šavrin Hills dialect). In southeastern part of South White Carniolan dialect, the palatization still fully exists (moždž́ani). Cognates…
aile: beg možganov, brskati po možganih, elektronski možgani, mali možgani, mehčanje možganov, možgánski, napenjati možgane, pobrskati po možganih, pretres možganov, srednji možgani
köken: Cognate with Latvian pràts (“mind, intellect”), Old Prussian prātin (“counsel”). Plausibly related to Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, cautious”), Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand, interpret”). Cf. pràsti (“to acquire a habit, understand”), and see Latvian prast for more.
köken: Unknown. Possibilities include: * A misinterpretation of talinong having the -ng suffix. Compare Sambali talino. * From Spanish talento, according to Lopez (1965). Compare tina and Spanish tinta.