hen
要点めんどり
意味
- めんどり
- 《複合語を作って》(一般に)鳥の雌
例文
The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week.
その雌鶏は一週間卵を抱いている。
This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.
この鶏は近頃ちっとも卵を産まない。
The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.
めんどりは巣で卵を抱いていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hanne (“hen”), West Frisian hin (“hen”), Dutch hen (“hen”), German Low German Heen (“hen”), German Henne (“hen”), Danish høne (“hen”), Swedish höna (“hen”), Icelandic hæna (“hen”). Related to Old English hana (“cock, rooster”). Also cognate to Latin cicōnia (“stork”), Latin canō (“to sing”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”). Compare Russian пету́х (petúx, “rooster, cock”) from Russian петь (petʹ, “to sing”). Etymology 1, noun sense 7 after cock (“male chicken; man's penis”).
関連する単語
henry hence henceforth henhouse