Tavastia
English
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Etymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin Tavastia, equivalent to Tavast + -ia from Old East Norse Tafæistaland (attested in 11th century runestone Gs 13 as ᛆ ᛏᛆᚠᛋᛏᛆᛚᚭᚿᛏᛁ, transliterated "a tafstalãnti", normalized "a Tafæistalandi" 'in Tavastia'), from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).
Proper noun
editTavastia
- A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme
- Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme)
- Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme)
Related terms
editTranslations
edithistorical province
See also
editReferences
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editMedieval Latin Tavastus + -ia from a calque of Old East Norse Tafæistaland, from Tafæistr (“Tavast”) + land, the former probably being derived from tafʀ (“laggard”) + Æistʀ (“Estonian”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /taˈu̯as.ti.a/, [t̪äˈu̯äs̠t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /taˈvas.ti.a/, [t̪äˈväst̪iä]
Proper noun
editTavastia f sg (genitive Tavastiae); first declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- Tavastia, Häme (a historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809)
- Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme)
- Synonym: Tavastia Propria
- Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tavastia |
| Genitive | Tavastiae |
| Dative | Tavastiae |
| Accusative | Tavastiam |
| Ablative | Tavastiā |
| Vocative | Tavastia |
| Locative | Tavastiae |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Asturian: Tavastia
- → Basque: Tavastia
- → Belarusian: Тавастыя (Tavastyja)
- Catalan: Tavastia
- → Czech: Tavastie
- → English: Tavastia
- → Esperanto: Tavastio
- French: Tavastie
- Galician: Tavastia
- → Greek: Ταβαστία (Tavastía)
- Italian: Tavastia
- Portuguese: Taváscia
- → Russian: Тавастия (Tavastija)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Scots: Tavastie
- Sicilian: Tavastia
- Slovene: Tavastija
- Spanish: Tavastia
- → Ukrainian: Тавастія (Tavastija)
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- English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms suffixed with -ia
- English terms derived from Old East Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Historical political subdivisions
- en:Places in Sweden
- en:Places in Finland
- en:Tavastia Proper, Finland
- en:Regions of Finland
- en:Päijänne Tavastia, Finland
- Latin terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Latin terms suffixed with -ia
- Latin terms calqued from Old East Norse
- Latin terms derived from Old East Norse
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- Medieval Latin
- New Latin
- la:Historical political subdivisions
- la:Places in Sweden
- la:Places in Finland
- la:Tavastia Proper, Finland
- la:Regions of Finland
- la:Päijänne Tavastia, Finland
- la:Regions of Europe
- Latin exonyms