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Kähkönen
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Finnish
Etymology
fi Kähkö nen, originally from Eastern Finland; common on the Karelian Isthmus, in most of Savonia, Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia by the 16th century. fi, possibly from a derivative of fi käheä hoarse (as a byname/nickname for someone with a hoarse voice), but compare also dialectal fi kähkeä short-tempered, irascible.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Kähkö ä
Derived terms
fi Kähkölä
Statistics
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Further reading
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