Masculine

Auerhahn

Meaning

male capercaillie or wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus)

Concepts

mountain cock

horse of the wood

Synonyms

Translations

grand tétras

Tetrao urogallus

gallo silvestre

gall fer

çalihorozu

gall salvatge

grand coq de bruyère

pavon salvatge

galomontês

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

uurhaan

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

From Middle High German ū̆rhan, influenced by ūr (“aurochs”) (from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr) and originally orhan, ultimately from the root of Auerhuhn, which see.

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