wren
English
/ɹɛn/
noun
Definitions
- Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; .
- Small bird of similar appearance to a .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wrenne (wren) inherited from Old English wrenna inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (wren).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrandijô
Gloss
wren
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wren English
- boy English
- fairy English
- fairywren English
- gnat English
- gnatwren English
- grass English
- grasswren English
- heath English
- heathwren English
- rock English
- rockwren English
- scrub English
- scrubwren English
- tit English
- wrenboy English
- wrenlike English
- wrenning English
- wrentit English
- *dʰerh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrandijô Proto-Germanic
- wrenna Old English
- wrenne Middle English
- músarrindill Icelandic
- rindill Icelandic
- dryw Welsh