Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs. · A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl. · A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean. · A woman.
Synonym of mother-hen.
From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hanne (“hen”), West Frisian hin (“hen”), Dutch hen (“hen”), German Low German Heen (“hen”), German Henne (“hen”), Danish høne (“hen”), Swedish höna (“hen”), Icelandic hæna (“hen”). Related to Old English hana (“cock, rooster”). Also cognate to Latin cicōnia (“stork”), Latin canō (“to sing”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”). Compare Russian пету́х (petúx, “rooster, cock”) from Russian петь (petʹ, “to sing”). Etymology 1, noun sense 7 after cock (“male chicken; man's penis”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*keh₂n-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionhenenm
- Inherited-form mentionhennang
- Inherited-form mention*hannjugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hanjōgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*kan-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionHannestq · hen
- Cognate mentionhinfy · hen
- Cognate mentionhennl · hen
- Cognate mentionHennede · hen
- Cognate mentionhøneda · hen
- Cognate mentionhönasv · hen
- Cognate mentionhænais · hen
- Cognate mentionhanaang · cock, rooster
- Cognate mentioncicōniala
- Cognate mentioncanōla
- Cognate mentionканю́кru
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