hähnä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hähnä. Possibly related to Estonian rähn, which may also be a metathesized form of Proto-Finnic *närhi.

Noun

hähnä

  1. (dialectal, rare) woodpecker

Alternative forms
  • häähnä, hähni

Synonyms

References
  • “hähnä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022.
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “hähnä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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