Ahti

See also: ahti

English

Proper noun

Ahti

  1. (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
  2. (Egyptian mythology) A goddess in Egyptian mythology.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Ahti

  1. a male given name

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhti/, [ˈɑxt̪i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhti
  • Syllabification(key): Ah‧ti

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Samic *āččē (father), an epithet that occurs in many names of Sami deities.[1]

Proper noun

Ahti

  1. (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing.
    Ahdin valtakunta = the depths of the water = Davy Jones's locker (nautical slang)
Declension
Inflection of Ahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)
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
instructive
abessive Ahditta
comitative
Possessive forms of Ahti (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Ahtini Ahtimme
2nd person Ahtisi Ahtinne
3rd person Ahtinsa

Etymology 2

A confluence of multiple different etymologies. Partly from the mythological name (see 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).[1]

Proper noun

Ahti

  1. 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.
Declension
Inflection of Ahti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation)
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
instructive Ahdein
abessive Ahditta Ahdeitta
comitative Ahteineen
Possessive forms of Ahti (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Ahtini Ahtimme
2nd person Ahtisi Ahtinne
3rd person Ahtinsa
  • Ahto
  • (surnames) Ahtiainen

References

  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

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