Estonian

Proper noun

Heili

1. A female given name, variant of Eili.

Faroese

Noun

heili m (genitive singular heila, plural heilar)

1. brain

Declension

Finnish

Noun

heili

1. Alternative form of heila

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heili ‎(“a brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiːlɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiːlɪ

Noun

heili m ‎(genitive singular heila, nominative plural heilar)

1. (anatomy) a brain

Declension

Derived terms

• afturheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)
• brjóta heilann
• fornheili (paleencephalon, paleoencephalon, paleocephalon)
• framheili (forebrain, prosencephalon)
• frumheili (archencephalon)
• miðheili
• milliheili
• heilabörkur
• heiladingull
• heilaþvottur
• hvelaheili (endbrain, telencephalon)
• litli heili (cerebellum)
• miðheili (midbrain, mesencephalon)
• milliheili (interbrain, diencephalon)
• mænuheili (myelencephalon)
• nýheili (neopallium)
• sjónheili (ophthalmencephalon)
• skoraheili (schizencephaly)
• stórheili (megalencephaly, macrencephaly, macrencephalia, cerebrum)
• tigulheili (hindbrain, metencephalon)

See also

• mænukylfa
• brú
• stúka
• undirstúka
• hjarni
• hvelatengsl
• miðjuskor
• felling

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailia-, whence also Old Frisian hēli, heila, hāl.

Noun

heili m

1. brain

Descendants

• Faroese: heili
• Icelandic: heili

References

• heili in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press