Ahti
English
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editAhti
- (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
- (Egyptian mythology) A goddess in Egyptian mythology.
See also
edit- Finnish mythology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Egyptian mythology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editEstonian
editProper noun
editAhti
- a male given name
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editProbably ahtaa + -i. The consonantism implies a relatively recent derivation, but based on the dialectal meaning "to hang up to dry". The god of water and fishing would have thus originally been a god that helps keep fish nets dry and thus by extension bring a good catch.[1] Alternatively possibly borrowed from Proto-Samic *āččē (“father”), an epithet that occurs in many names of Sami deities.[2]
Proper noun
editAhti
- (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing.
- Ahdin valtakunta ― the depths of the water, Davy Jones's locker (nautical slang)
Declension
editInflection of Ahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ahti | — | |
genitive | Ahdin | — | |
partitive | Ahtia | — | |
illative | Ahtiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ahti | — | |
accusative | nom. | Ahti | — |
gen. | Ahdin | ||
genitive | Ahdin | — | |
partitive | Ahtia | — | |
inessive | Ahdissa | — | |
elative | Ahdista | — | |
illative | Ahtiin | — | |
adessive | Ahdilla | — | |
ablative | Ahdilta | — | |
allative | Ahdille | — | |
essive | Ahtina | — | |
translative | Ahdiksi | — | |
abessive | Ahditta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Ahti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
editA confluence of multiple different etymologies. Partly from the mythological name (see Ahti, etymology 1), partly from Proto-Norse [Term?] (“wealth, property”) (as the name of a mythical warrior) and partly from the Middle Low German given name Ahti, which in turn is ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos). The Russian name Автоном (Avtonom) (from the same Ancient Greek source) may be a fourth source (at least in eastern Finland).[2]
Proper noun
editAhti
- a male given name
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 11:1-8:
- Aika on Ahtia sanoa, / Veitikkätä vieretellä. / Ahti poika Saarelainen, / Tuo on lieto Lemmin poika, / Kasvoi koissa korkeassa / Luona armahan emonsa / Laajimman lahen perällä, / Kaukoniemen kainalossa.
- It is time to talk of Ahti, / That amusing rascal lover. / Ahti lad, the Islander, / He the wayward son of Lempi / Grew up in a hig-born home / With his most devoted mother / At the head of a big wide bay, / In the shelter of Cape Far.
- 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 11:1-8:
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Ahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ahti | Ahdit | |
genitive | Ahdin | Ahtien | |
partitive | Ahtia | Ahteja | |
illative | Ahtiin | Ahteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ahti | Ahdit | |
accusative | nom. | Ahti | Ahdit |
gen. | Ahdin | ||
genitive | Ahdin | Ahtien | |
partitive | Ahtia | Ahteja | |
inessive | Ahdissa | Ahdeissa | |
elative | Ahdista | Ahdeista | |
illative | Ahtiin | Ahteihin | |
adessive | Ahdilla | Ahdeilla | |
ablative | Ahdilta | Ahdeilta | |
allative | Ahdille | Ahdeille | |
essive | Ahtina | Ahteina | |
translative | Ahdiksi | Ahdeiksi | |
abessive | Ahditta | Ahdeitta | |
instructive | — | Ahdein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editStatistics
edit- Ahti is the 177th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,503 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,836 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- Ahti is the 1847th (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 460 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
edit- ^ Janne Saarikivi (2022) “Huomioita Agricolan psalttarin esipuheen jumalista ja muusta itämerensuomalaisesta mytologisesta sanastosta”, in Jeremy Bradley, editor, Tonavan Laakso: Eine Festschrift für Johanna Laakso (Central European Uralic Studies), volume 2, Praesens Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382–401
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heikkilä, Mikko. From Surging Waves to the Spirit of Waves – On the Germanic and Sami Origin of the Proper Names Ahti and Vellamo in Finnic Mythology. SKY Journal of Linguistics 26 (2013), 71–86
Anagrams
edit- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Finnic mythology
- en:Egyptian deities
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian male given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑhti
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑhti/2 syllables
- Finnish terms suffixed with -i (nominal)
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Finnic mythology
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish surnames