The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
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Troglodytes Troglodytes 🤷♂️
I bet there's an etymological explanation for this NOT involving pussies of any kind at all, I haste to add.
Apparently, "chocho" was used to name some legumes (peas, beans, lentils,...)
I have no idea how the word became a name for women genitalia or birds, tho.
It was like a rain of large fluffy spiders falling on me, which spooked me big time for a moment!
10 minutes later they were all lined up on the fence squawking for food!
King of the fence
You demonstrate how it can be heard, change and evolve.
https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2016/12/25/an-irish-st-stephens-day-tradition-la-an-dreoilinwren-day/
Me too, and also Fence-Master.😆 (its funny cuz its true, lol).
6. Little carriage (Lithuanian)
5. Little tsar (Serbian)
4. One who lives in nettles (Russian)
3. One who is seeking her husband (Seri)
2. One who fills holes (Greek)
1. King of the fence (German)
cf. Polish woleoczko
- is 'királyka' a thing? (getting these out of dictionaries..)
In the Balkans they are little emperors (SB Царић, RO împărăţel..)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dkqp1zuff7a5w4V8dSfkA?si=iH3-KB3aS8qMVnHlFOESpQ&t=1636
I hope she lets me read it too.
As someone who struggles with agoraphobia it's incredibly apt...
https://youtu.be/UQG7AgByOek
OX-EYE
roitelet - meaning « little king of a little
country »
Also "mouse-brother" is genius. On that basis though, I would like to submit that owls be renamed "Cat-brother".
Creeper of the Fence (Tuunkrüper) is low german.
I see one frequently and hear it arguing with the resident robin and blackbird most mornings.
If you ever see a small bird shoot across a footpath into hedge it’s probably a wren.
Love "Fence-skedaddler" and will only use this when referencing wrens from now on. 😁
On the 26th December they 'hunt the wren' after the faerie queen Tehi Tegi turned herself into one to escape punishment for drowning the men who she had enchanted.
I'm begging you know please don't hunt my wren.
These are wonderful names; thanks for posting.
It dep on the age of the Swedish lingo one choses to use.
Previously also sometimes called "Tummeliten" meaning "Thumbelina" in ref to its small size.
while in the brush
the towhee brings us mystery
Europe on has only one wren species, the new world 82 species of wren.
Finnish: Peukaloinen (thumbling)
Danish: Gærdesmutte (fence-skedaddler)
Hebrew: Zaunkönig (fence-master)
Japanese: ミソサザイ (misosazai, little bird in the ditch)
Bulgarian: Орехче (orekhche, little walnut)
Faroese: Músabróðir (mouse-brother)
French: Roitelet (little king)
German: Zaunkönig (fence king)
Spanish: Reyezuelo (little king)
Italian: Scricciolo (little bird)
Dutch: Winterkoninkje (little king of winter)
Welsh: Dryw (druid bird)
Irish: Dreoilín (druid bird)
Walnut? 'Skeedaddler'?? AND Gaelic??!😂👍
in this sense, "troglodytes" means "hole-enterer," referring to how they often feed
Kid reading Tintin comics: troglodyte is one of Captain Haddock’s favorite expletives.
Teen/young adult playing D&D: troglodytes are a kind of dungeon monster.
Birder: troglodytes are wrens? Ok!
The etymology of the English “Ren” is unknown, but exists in old English as “wrenna” and his cognate with the Icelandic “rindill” and Old High German “wrendo”
In Ireland
Hole-dweller or cave-goer
Are we still punning?
Anybody else?
Anybody know where it came from?
I know Magpie the bird was known as a Pie before it got called Maggie Pie, Magpie.
https://youtu.be/X-bdLemVMIA?si=Ib-baMuJCpWnHNrN
@lorettasueross.bsky.social
Vola scricciolo! Vola!😍
Hello again, Carolina druid bird!
Sing it, House druid bird...
Thankyou for the correction 👍
What’s the derivation of “wren”?