kvääni

Unknown:

• Most probably from Old Norse hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”), see also Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”).
• Another proposal is from Old Norse kven (“woman”), but this seems unlikely.
• Thirdly from a Sami language, whence Northern Sami gáidnulaš (“clumsy person; Finn”).

More at Etymology of Kven.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvæːni/

kvääni (genitive kväänin, partitive kvääniä or kväänii)

1. Kven (person)
2. Kven (language)

• → Finnish: kveeni

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk‎^[1], Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 44