Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kǿna, kani, from Proto-Germanic *kōnjǭ, a variant of *kanô (boat).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kæna f (genitive singular kænu, nominative plural kænur)

  1. a small boat
  2. a trough used to shovel water out of a boat
  3. a similar tool used to scoop water out of a well

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kannon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN