agerhøne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse akrhœna, composed of akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”) and Old Norse hœna (“hen”).

Noun

agerhøne c (singular definite agerhønen, plural indefinite agerhøns)

  1. grey partridge

Inflection

References

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