Etymograph

English

harnpan

Harnpan comes from Middle English herne panne ‘a skull or harnpan’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herne panne‘a skull or harnpan’
  2. Englishtodayharnpan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500herne panne‘a skull or harnpan’
  2. Englishtodayharnpan

Formed from harns ‘brains’ + pan ‘pan, forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘head, horn’

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Proto-West Germanic *herʀn

Old English hærn ‘brain’

Old English hærnas ‘brains’

Middle English hernes

English harns

Proto-Germanic *pannǭ

Proto-West Germanic *pannā

Old English panne ‘pan’

Middle English panne ‘pan’

English pan

Today it means

noun The brainpan; the skull.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English herne panne / harnpan