kæna

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kǿna, kani, from Proto-Germanic *kōnjǭ, a variant of *kanô (“boat”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kæna f (genitive singular kænu, nominative plural kænur)

  1. a small boat
  2. a trough used to shovel water out of a boat
  3. a similar tool used to scoop water out of a well

Declension[edit]

declension of kæna
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kæna kænan kænur kænurnar
accusative kænu kænuna kænur kænurnar
dative kænu kænunni kænum kænunum
genitive kænu kænunnar kæna kænanna

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kannon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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