Tavastia

Tavastia

English

Historical province of Tavastia, shown in green over the borders of current (2018) administrative regions of Finland.

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Tavastia

1. A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme
2. Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme)
3. Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme)

Related terms

• Tavastum

Translations

historical province

Finnish: Häme (fi) Russian: Тавастия f (Tavastija), Хяме (Xjame) Swedish: Tavastland

See also

• Botnia, Bothnia
• Cajania, Kainuu
• Carelia, Karelia
• Lapponia, Lappland
• Satagundia, Satakunta
• Savonia, Savo

References

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Tavasthia

Etymology

Medieval 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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /taˈu̯as.ti.a/, [t̪äˈu̯äs̠t̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈvas.ti.a/, [t̪äˈväst̪iä]

Proper noun

Tavastia f sg (genitive Tavastiae); first declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. Tavastia, Häme (a historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809)
2. Tavastia Proper (a region in Finland; official name: Kanta-Häme)

   Synonym: Tavastia Propria

3. Päijänne Tavastia (a region in Finland; official name: Päijät-Häme)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tavastia
Genitive	Tavastiae
Dative	Tavastiae
Accusative	Tavastiam
Ablative	Tavastiā
Vocative	Tavastia
Locative	Tavastiae

Related terms

• tavastensis
• Tavastus, Tavasti
• Tavastum
• Tavasteburgum

Descendants

• 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:

  → Cyrillic: Тавастија

  → Latin: Tavastija

• Scots: Tavastie
• Sicilian: Tavastia
• Slovene: Tavastija
• Spanish: Tavastia
• → Ukrainian: Тавастія (Tavastija)

See also

• Botnia, Bothnia
• Caiania, Quaenia
• Carelia, Karelia
• Lapponia, Lappia
• Satagundia, Satakundia
• Savonia, Savo