An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Henne

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2650868An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — HenneJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Henne, feminine, ‘hen,’ from Middle High German and Middle Low German hęnne, Old High German henna, feminine; compare Anglo-Saxon hęnn, English hen (Anglo-Saxon hana was even in the Anglo-Saxon period supplanted by its equivalent cock); a West Teutonic feminine of the common Teutonic hano, ‘cock,’ to which are allied the graded forms, Old Icelandic hœna, Old Swedish and Modern Swedish ho̊na, ‘hen’ (Old High German also hęnin, hęninna, ‘hen’). See Hahn, Huhn.