Derived through some descendant from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), either directly as a toponym or through an anthroponym (of which variants like Hauho and Hauhia exist).[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑu̯ho/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯ɦo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑuho
- Syllabification(key): Hau‧ho
Hauho
- A former municipality in Kanta-Häme, Finland; now part of Hämeenlinna.
- A village in the municipality of Hämeenlinna.
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Hauho" is Hauholla.
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN