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

Noun

hähnä (dialectal, rare)

1. woodpecker

Alternative forms

• häähnä, hähni

Synonyms

• tikka

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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN