höna
Swedish
/²høːna/
noun
Definitions
- hen; in particular a female chicken
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish hø̄na, høna inherited from Old Norse hœna (hen) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ inherited 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
- 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
- cantiō Latin
- cantiōnem, cantiō, cantio Latin
- cantus Latin
- carmen Latin
- *kan- Proto-Indo-European
- høne Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- *hanô Proto-Germanic
- *hōnijǭ Proto-Germanic
- dvärg Swedish
- dvärgsumphöna Swedish
- flyg Swedish
- fläck Swedish
- karolina Swedish
- karolinasumphöna Swedish
- mindre Swedish
- mindre sumphöna Swedish
- rör Swedish
- rörhöna Swedish
- små Swedish
- småfläckig sumphöna Swedish
- sot Swedish
- sothöna Swedish
- stäpp Swedish
- stäppflyghöna Swedish
- sump Swedish
- høne Norwegian Nynorsk
- hen Middle English
- hœna Old Norse
- høne Danish
- hæna Icelandic
- hano Old High German
- høna Faroese
- *kanati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- høna Old Swedish
- hø̄na, høna Old Swedish