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Ahto

Ahto

See also: ahto

Estonian

Proper noun

Ahto

  1. Variation of Ahti, god of waters in Finnish and Estonian mythology.
  2. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • More common than Ahti as an Estonian given name, while Finns prefer Ahti.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhto/
  • Rhymes: -ɑhto
  • Hyphenation: Ah‧to

Proper noun

Ahto

  1. A variation of Ahti, name of the god of the depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
    • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 48:135-136:
      Ahto, aaltojen isäntä, / Satahauan hallitsija!
      Ahto, master of the billows, / Ruler over a hundred sea caves!
  2. A male given name, a rare variation of Ahti.

Declension

Inflection of Ahto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative Ahto Ahdot
genitive Ahdon Ahtojen
partitive Ahtoa Ahtoja
illative Ahtoon Ahtoihin
singular plural
nominative Ahto Ahdot
accusative nom. Ahto Ahdot
gen. Ahdon
genitive Ahdon Ahtojen
partitive Ahtoa Ahtoja
inessive Ahdossa Ahdoissa
elative Ahdosta Ahdoista
illative Ahtoon Ahtoihin
adessive Ahdolla Ahdoilla
ablative Ahdolta Ahdoilta
allative Ahdolle Ahdoille
essive Ahtona Ahtoina
translative Ahdoksi Ahdoiksi
instructive Ahdoin
abessive Ahdotta Ahdoitta
comitative Ahtoineen

as a given name, also:

Inflection of Ahto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Ahto Ahtot
genitive Ahton Ahtojen
partitive Ahtoa Ahtoja
illative Ahtoon Ahtoihin
singular plural
nominative Ahto Ahtot
accusative nom. Ahto Ahtot
gen. Ahton
genitive Ahton Ahtojen
partitive Ahtoa Ahtoja
inessive Ahtossa Ahtoissa
elative Ahtosta Ahtoista
illative Ahtoon Ahtoihin
adessive Ahtolla Ahtoilla
ablative Ahtolta Ahtoilta
allative Ahtolle Ahtoille
essive Ahtona Ahtoina
translative Ahtoksi Ahtoiksi
instructive Ahtoin
abessive Ahtotta Ahtoitta
comitative Ahtoineen

See also

Anagrams

ahto

ahto

See also: Ahto

Finnish

Noun

ahto

  1. action noun of the verb ahtaa (to cram, to turbocharge)

Declension

Inflection of ahto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative ahto ahdot
genitive ahdon ahtojen
partitive ahtoa ahtoja
illative ahtoon ahtoihin
singular plural
nominative ahto ahdot
accusative nom. ahto ahdot
gen. ahdon
genitive ahdon ahtojen
partitive ahtoa ahtoja
inessive ahdossa ahdoissa
elative ahdosta ahdoista
illative ahtoon ahtoihin
adessive ahdolla ahdoilla
ablative ahdolta ahdoilta
allative ahdolle ahdoille
essive ahtona ahtoina
translative ahdoksi ahdoiksi
instructive ahdoin
abessive ahdotta ahdoitta
comitative ahtoineen

Usage notes

In current Finnish this noun is almost exclusively used in compound terms.

Synonyms

  • ahtaminen

Derived terms

Compounds

Related terms


Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu (whence also Old English eahta, Old Norse átta), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ahto

  1. eight

Descendants


Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : ahto

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ahto

  1. eight

Descendants