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Kauhanen
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Finnish
Etymology
fi kauha- nen. There are multiple possible origins, including fi kauha scoop, ladle (in reference to a shape of e.g. a body of water) and the onomatopoeic verb fi kauhaa (in reference to rushing water), both of which would have been adopted from toponyms. A third possible origin is a byname fi Kauha, fi Kauhu (~ fi kauhea terrible, fi kauhu; perhaps originally "pale").
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Kauha a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1962 410
References
Further reading
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