ჰიენა • (hiena)=hyena=ὕαινα

ჰიენა • (hiena)=hyena=ὕαινα

WIKTIONARY: Etymology

Old French hyene, from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (huaina), from ὗς (hūs, “swine, pig”) and -αινα (“feminine suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *sū (“swine”).