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 (dialectal, rare)

  1. woodpecker

Alternative forms
  • häähnä, hähni

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