@ckie hey @lyncia!! as far as has been established back, the word for “brain” in most languages is a synthesis from its location, especially relating to the skull or head (germanic *bragną is related to ancient greek βρέχμα ‘skull’, for example, and ancient egyptian ꜣjs n ḏnnt literally means ‘organ in the skull’). otherwise it’s almost always a borrowing from a language that either had a word for the brain already
@ckie@lyncia also, it should be noted that the brain being considered the place where thoughts occur was something that only certain cultures noticed - the first recorded knowledge of this was in the writings of alcmaeon of croton, 5th century BCE
@ckie hey @lyncia!! as far as has been established back, the word for “brain” in most languages is a synthesis from its location, especially relating to the skull or head (germanic *bragną is related to ancient greek βρέχμα ‘skull’, for example, and ancient egyptian ꜣjs n ḏnnt literally means ‘organ in the skull’). otherwise it’s almost always a borrowing from a language that either had a word for the brain already