Vantaa
English edit
Etymology edit
From Finnish Vantaa river, from Swedish Vanda å. Considered to have been named by Tavastians as Vanantaka, referring to the lake Vanaja (Vanan + taka, "behind Vanaja").
Proper noun edit
Vantaa
Translations edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
As the name of the river (Vantaanjoki), the name Vantaa originates (through the genitive forms *Vantaan < *Vanantaan) as a reduced form of earlier *Vanantaka, which is related to the name of a village Vanaantaka. Both are from *Vanajantaka, meaning "behind [south of] Vanaja (Vanajavesi)", as named by the Tavastians. According to Saulo Kepsu, the name may have originally been given as *Vanantaanjärvi to a lake now called Erkylänjärvi (the source of the river Vantaa). Viljo Nissilä on the other hand contends that the name was originally given to the village.[1]
The city was named after the river which runs through it. The name was officially adopted in 1972, prior to which the municipality had been called Helsingin maalaiskunta (“rural municipality of Helsinki”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vantaa
Declension edit
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vantaa" is Vantaalla.
Inflection of Vantaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Vantaa | — | ||
genitive | Vantaan | — | ||
partitive | Vantaata | — | ||
illative | Vantaaseen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Vantaa | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Vantaa | — | |
gen. | Vantaan | |||
genitive | Vantaan | — | ||
partitive | Vantaata | — | ||
inessive | Vantaassa | — | ||
elative | Vantaasta | — | ||
illative | Vantaaseen | — | ||
adessive | Vantaalla | — | ||
ablative | Vantaalta | — | ||
allative | Vantaalle | — | ||
essive | Vantaana | — | ||
translative | Vantaaksi | — | ||
abessive | Vantaatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Vantaa.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vantaa f[1]
- Vantaa (a city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ Jan Grzenia (26.05.2015) Poradnia Językowa PWN [Language clinic PWN][1], Polish Scientific Publishers PWN