wren

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
2. Any member of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae; a true wren.
3. Any small bird of similar appearance to a true wren, such as a fairywren or scrubwren.

Sinonieme

winter wren

jenny wren

songbird

garden warbler

Winter Wren

goldcrest

Eurasian Wren

pulley

Vertalings

Zaunkönig

scricciolo

Troglodytes troglodytes

winterkoninkje

carriça

troglodyte mignon

winterkoning

troglodyte

reyezuelo

chochín

τρωγλοδύτης

cargolet

τρυποφράχτης

roitelet

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹɛn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wrenne

Geërf van Old English: wrenna

Verwante met Old Saxon: wrendilo

Verwante met Old High German: rento

Verwante met Deens: rindel

Verwante met Yslands: rindill

In summary

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”).
Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).