Auerhuhn

Meaning

capercaillie, wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)

Concepts

capercaillie

wood grouse

western capercaillie

heather cock

Capercaillie

Western capercaillie

Synonyms

Auerhahn

Birkhuhn

Spielhuhn

Auherhahn

Urhahn

grosser Hahn

Translations

urogallo

auerhoen

grand tétras

Tetrao urogallus

gallo cedrone

urogallo

tetraz

gall fer

αγριόκουρκος

gallo silvestre

gall salvatge

galomontês

pavon salvatge

çalihorozu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: urhan

Inherited from Old High German: ūrhuon

Cognate with Swedish: orre

Cognate with Faroese: orri

Cognate with Dutch: woerhaan

In summary

From Middle High German ûr-han, from Old High German ūr-huon (variant of orre-huon), from Proto-West Germanic *ūrʀahōn, from a compound of the Proto-Germanic elements *urzô (“black grouse ~ capercaillie”) + *hōną (“hen”) (see Huhn), literally "grouse-hen", referring to the bird's call. The first element, which is cognate with Swedish orre and Faroese orri, is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wérsō (“virile, male; male livestock animal, bull calf”). Cognate with German Low German Urhane and Dutch woerhaan (< *worʀahanō).