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3.2.28.3 g-r > h-r Variegated; bariolé . Germanic forms as indicated by the suffixe -kin, (=-chen) frequent in Low German. No semantic or phonetic relation to hellequin "a devil", explained from a hypothetical ME *Herla king, OE *Her(e)la cyning "presumably a legendary figure", or Herrequin "comte de Boulogne", obscure figures indeed.

Formes d'origine germanique comme l'indique le suffixe-kin (= -chen) fréquent en bas allemand; cf. männeken (mönchen) > manakin > moinequinð3.6.44.. Sans rapport sémantique (ni phonétique) avec hellequin "un diable", ou Herrequin "comte de Boulogne", personnages on ne peut plus obscurs

Germ.harlekinvariegated bedsheet; harlequin
Germ.harlekin spechtGreat Spotted Woodpecker, 273
Franç.: H.Mainepic arlequinGreat Spotted Woodpecker, 273
Engl.harlequinGoldeneye, 54
Engl.harlequin duckHarlequin Duck, 54a
Franç.harlequin, arlequinvariegated (clothes); harlequin
Franç.: wall.harliquintricoloured cat
Franç.: wall.harlequinvariegated canary, 419

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