hœna
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- hen (female of the chicken, Gallus gallus (Gallus gallus))
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kan-
Gloss
sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantiō Latin
- cantiōnem, cantiō, cantio Latin
- cantus Latin
- carmen Latin
- *kan- Proto-Indo-European
- burhøne Norwegian Bokmål
- høne Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- *hanô Proto-Germanic
- *hōnijǭ Proto-Germanic
- höna Swedish
- høne Norwegian Nynorsk
- orrhøne Norwegian Nynorsk
- edischenn Old English
- erschenn Old English
- henn Old English
- hen Middle English
- akrhœna Old Norse
- agerhøne Danish
- høne Danish
- hønefuld Danish
- mariehøne Danish
- hæna Icelandic
- hænuegg Icelandic
- kornhæna Icelandic
- henna Old High German
- høna Faroese
- mariuhøna Faroese
- henne Middle High German
- *kanati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- høna Old Swedish
- hø̄na, høna Old Swedish