hyena
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɦiˈjeːnaː/
noun
Definitions
- hyena, any member of the family Hyaenidae
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hyaena derived from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (a sow, hyena hyaena).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὕαινα
Gloss
a sow, hyena hyaena
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hyena English
- hyaena Latin
- hyēna Latin
- Hyäne German
- iena Italian
- grot Dutch, Flemish
- grottenhyena Dutch, Flemish
- hond Dutch, Flemish
- hyenahond Dutch, Flemish
- hyène French
- ὕαινα Ancient Greek
- ὗς Ancient Greek
- hyene Norwegian Bokmål
- hyene Norwegian Nynorsk
- hyene Old French
- hiëna Afrikaans
- ჰიენა Georgian