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.

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

• ahvenanmaalainen

 

compounds

• ahvenanmaanlammas