hähnä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hähnä. Possibly related to Estonian rähn, which may also be a metathesized form of Proto-Finnic *närhi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæhnæ/, [ˈhæhnæ]
  • Rhymes: -æhnæ
  • Syllabification(key): häh‧nä
  • Hyphenation(key): häh‧nä

Noun

hähnä (dialectal, rare)

  1. woodpecker

Alternative forms

  • häähnä, hähni

Synonyms

References

  • “hähnä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hähnä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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