Bries

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter, strong) thymus gland
2. (diminutive, neuter, often, strong) sweetbread made from thymus

Concepten

zwezerik

thymus

Synoniemen

Brieschen

Kalbsmilch

Thymus

Midder

Schweser

Vertalingen

lechecillas

ris

sweetbread

animelle

timo

animella

timo

molleja

uykuluk

timus

thymus

thymus

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bʁiːs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits: briz

Verwant aan Engels: brisket

Verwant aan Deens: brissel

Verwant aan Zweeds: bräss

In summary

From Middle High German briz (14th c.). This late and singular attestation allows no certainty about the quality of the vowel or the final alveolar. Origin unknown. Possibly related with Proto-Germanic *breustą (“breast”) or *breutaną (“to crush”). Compare also English brisket, whose -k- does not fit with the German form, however. Danish brissel, Swedish bräss (“thymus”) are probably from German.