hean

English

/hiːn/

adj
Definitions
  • (obsolete) Mean; abject; poor; humble; lowly.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hene inherited from Old English hēan (abject, mean, lowly, poor, despised, bare) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauniz (low, lowly) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (humiliate, degrade, owl, be evil, make evil).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kaw-

Gloss

humiliate, degrade, owl, be evil, make evil

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

梟

Emoji

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