Etymology
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Possibly from dialectal vihti, a variant of vihi (“fence that guides prey towards a trap”). Has also been compared with a Germanic name Vihti, Wihto, Wichtic[1] (< ? Middle Low German wichtich).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈʋihti/, [ˈʋiçt̪i]
- Rhymes: -ihti
- Syllabification(key): Vih‧ti
Proper noun
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Vihti
- A municipality of Uusimaa, Finland.
Declension
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The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vihti" is Vihdissä.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
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- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN
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