hen
Middle English
/hɛn/
noun
Definitions
- hen, chicken
- female bird
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hen inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (hen).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hanjō
Gloss
hen
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bush-hen English
- gorhen English
- hen English
- henbane English
- hencoop English
- henfest English
- henhood English
- henhouse English
- henless English
- henlike English
- hennery English
- hennish English
- henpeck English
- henpecked English
- henroost English
- henwife English
- henyard English
- moorhen English
- mudhen English
- newshen English
- peahen English
- sagehen English
- sea hen English
- swamphen English
- turkey-hen English
- water hen English
- waterhen English
- woodhen English
- *kan- Proto-Indo-European
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- edischenn Old English
- erschenn Old English
- hen Old English
- henn Old English
- hano Old High German
- henna Old High German
- *henna Old Dutch
- *kana Proto-Finnic