Masculine

Harn

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

binni

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

brunne

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

brunz

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

saich

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schiff

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/harn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German and Old High German harn, from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ḱer- (“dung, filth”). Cognate with Lithuanian šarmas (“lye”) (for semantic connection, compare lant). Exclusively High German form without s-mobile alongside Proto-Germanic *skarną (“dung”), whence dialectal English sharn and German Schierling (“hemlock”).

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