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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hähnä. Possibly related to Estonian rähn, which may also be a metathesized form of Proto-Finnic *närhi.
Pronunciation
Noun
hähnä (dialectal, rare)
- woodpecker
Synonyms
References
- “hähnä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (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] (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