English
harfang
Harfang comes from French harfang ‘snowy owl’, and goes back to Swedish harfång.
- Swedishmodernharfång‘snowy owl’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentharfang‘snowy owl’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swedishmodernharfång‘snowy owl’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentharfang‘snowy owl’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875same form
Earliest quotation: 1875, Édouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte Lartet, Henry Christy: “At La Madelaine, also, it was the leavings of…”
Every English word from Swedish harfång
Today it means
noun snowy owl
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish harfång / harfang