Etymograph

English

Wren Day

From wren + day.

Formed from wren + day

Proto-Germanic *wrandijô

Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō

Old English wrenna

Middle English wrenne

English wren

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ ‘day’

Middle English day ‘a day’

English day

Today it means

name A custom on December 26 where people, especially boys, hunt a wren (originally a live bird, and now a fake one) and parade it upon a decorated pole for prosperity in the coming year.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Wren Day