Ahvenanmaa

Finnish

Map of Åland (red) in Finland

Etymology

Unclear; one theory derives the name from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (ahwaland, water-land), the first part of which the Finnic peoples would have associated with ahven (perch). According to the same theory the Swedish name of the islands, Åland, would come from the same origin.

Another theory, proposed by Schalin (2008), is that the word was originally borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *agwiōz (archipelago) into Proto-Finnic as *ahvëh or *ahvë- and then re-borrowed back into Proto-Norse as [script needed] (ahwē) or [script needed] (ahwe), which would later become *ā- in Old Swedish *āland > Swedish Åland. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhʋenɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈɑ̝xʋe̞nɑ̝mˌmɑ̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Syllabification(key): Ah‧ve‧nan‧maa

Proper noun

Ahvenanmaa

  1. Aland, Åland (archipelago and autonomous province of Finland located southwest of the Finnish mainland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Åland" is Ahvenanmaalla.

Inflection of Ahvenanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative Ahvenanmaa
genitive Ahvenanmaan
partitive Ahvenanmaata
illative Ahvenanmaahan
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaa
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaa
gen. Ahvenanmaan
genitive Ahvenanmaan
partitive Ahvenanmaata
inessive Ahvenanmaassa
elative Ahvenanmaasta
illative Ahvenanmaahan
adessive Ahvenanmaalla
ablative Ahvenanmaalta
allative Ahvenanmaalle
essive Ahvenanmaana
translative Ahvenanmaaksi
abessive Ahvenanmaatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Ahvenanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaani
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaani
gen. Ahvenanmaani
genitive Ahvenanmaani
partitive Ahvenanmaatani
inessive Ahvenanmaassani
elative Ahvenanmaastani
illative Ahvenanmaahani
adessive Ahvenanmaallani
ablative Ahvenanmaaltani
allative Ahvenanmaalleni
essive Ahvenanmaanani
translative Ahvenanmaakseni
abessive Ahvenanmaattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaasi
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaasi
gen. Ahvenanmaasi
genitive Ahvenanmaasi
partitive Ahvenanmaatasi
inessive Ahvenanmaassasi
elative Ahvenanmaastasi
illative Ahvenanmaahasi
adessive Ahvenanmaallasi
ablative Ahvenanmaaltasi
allative Ahvenanmaallesi
essive Ahvenanmaanasi
translative Ahvenanmaaksesi
abessive Ahvenanmaattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaamme
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaamme
gen. Ahvenanmaamme
genitive Ahvenanmaamme
partitive Ahvenanmaatamme
inessive Ahvenanmaassamme
elative Ahvenanmaastamme
illative Ahvenanmaahamme
adessive Ahvenanmaallamme
ablative Ahvenanmaaltamme
allative Ahvenanmaallemme
essive Ahvenanmaanamme
translative Ahvenanmaaksemme
abessive Ahvenanmaattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaanne
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaanne
gen. Ahvenanmaanne
genitive Ahvenanmaanne
partitive Ahvenanmaatanne
inessive Ahvenanmaassanne
elative Ahvenanmaastanne
illative Ahvenanmaahanne
adessive Ahvenanmaallanne
ablative Ahvenanmaaltanne
allative Ahvenanmaallenne
essive Ahvenanmaananne
translative Ahvenanmaaksenne
abessive Ahvenanmaattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Ahvenanmaansa
accusative nom. Ahvenanmaansa
gen. Ahvenanmaansa
genitive Ahvenanmaansa
partitive Ahvenanmaataan
Ahvenanmaatansa
inessive Ahvenanmaassaan
Ahvenanmaassansa
elative Ahvenanmaastaan
Ahvenanmaastansa
illative Ahvenanmaahansa
adessive Ahvenanmaallaan
Ahvenanmaallansa
ablative Ahvenanmaaltaan
Ahvenanmaaltansa
allative Ahvenanmaalleen
Ahvenanmaallensa
essive Ahvenanmaanaan
Ahvenanmaanansa
translative Ahvenanmaakseen
Ahvenanmaaksensa
abessive Ahvenanmaattaan
Ahvenanmaattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. Schalin, Johan (2008): Ahuen maa ja Alandh Sananjalka 50: 24–37.
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