wren

/ɹɛn/

wren

English Noun Top 22,238

Definition

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

Etymology

From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).