hönssömn

== Swedish == === Etymology === Compound of höns (“chicken; fowl”) +‎ sömn (“sleep”). From the practice of chickens who take short, light sleeps. First attested in 1730. Compare with Danish hønseblund, hønsesøvn and Norwegian høneblund. === Noun === hönssömn c (obsolete by 1932) a short light sleep; a nap ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== tupplur (“nap”, literally “rooster nap”) === References ===