# Ahvenanmaa
## Finnish
### Etymology

Unclear; one theory derives the name from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚺᚹᚢᛚᚨᛞᚨ (*ahwulada), the first part of which the Finnic peoples would have associated with ahven (“perch”). According to the same theory the Swedish name of the islands, Åland, would come from the same origin.
Another theory, proposed by Schalin (2008), is that the word was originally borrowed from early Proto-Germanic *agwiōz (“archipelago”) into Proto-Finnic as *ahvëh or *ahvë- and then re-borrowed back into Proto-Norse as [script needed] (ahwē) or [script needed] (ahwe), which would later become *ā- in Old Swedish *āland > Swedish Åland.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑhʋenɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈɑ̝xʋe̞nɑ̝mˌmɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: Ah‧venan‧maa

### Proper noun

Ahvenanmaa
* Aland, Åland (archipelago and autonomous province of Finland located southwest of the Finnish mainland)

#### Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Åland" is Ahvenanmaalla.
Possessive forms of Ahvenanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ahvenanmaani
accusative
nom.
Ahvenanmaani
gen.
Ahvenanmaani
genitive
Ahvenanmaani
partitive
Ahvenanmaatani
inessive
Ahvenanmaassani
elative
Ahvenanmaastani
illative
Ahvenanmaahani
adessive
Ahvenanmaallani
ablative
Ahvenanmaaltani
allative
Ahvenanmaalleni
essive
Ahvenanmaanani
translative
Ahvenanmaakseni
abessive
Ahvenanmaattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ahvenanmaasi
accusative
nom.
Ahvenanmaasi
gen.
Ahvenanmaasi
genitive
Ahvenanmaasi
partitive
Ahvenanmaatasi
inessive
Ahvenanmaassasi
elative
Ahvenanmaastasi
illative
Ahvenanmaahasi
adessive
Ahvenanmaallasi
ablative
Ahvenanmaaltasi
allative
Ahvenanmaallesi
essive
Ahvenanmaanasi
translative
Ahvenanmaaksesi
abessive
Ahvenanmaattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ahvenanmaamme
accusative
nom.
Ahvenanmaamme
gen.
Ahvenanmaamme
genitive
Ahvenanmaamme
partitive
Ahvenanmaatamme
inessive
Ahvenanmaassamme
elative
Ahvenanmaastamme
illative
Ahvenanmaahamme
adessive
Ahvenanmaallamme
ablative
Ahvenanmaaltamme
allative
Ahvenanmaallemme
essive
Ahvenanmaanamme
translative
Ahvenanmaaksemme
abessive
Ahvenanmaattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ahvenanmaanne
accusative
nom.
Ahvenanmaanne
gen.
Ahvenanmaanne
genitive
Ahvenanmaanne
partitive
Ahvenanmaatanne
inessive
Ahvenanmaassanne
elative
Ahvenanmaastanne
illative
Ahvenanmaahanne
adessive
Ahvenanmaallanne
ablative
Ahvenanmaaltanne
allative
Ahvenanmaallenne
essive
Ahvenanmaananne
translative
Ahvenanmaaksenne
abessive
Ahvenanmaattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ahvenanmaansa
accusative
nom.
Ahvenanmaansa
gen.
Ahvenanmaansa
genitive
Ahvenanmaansa
partitive
Ahvenanmaataan Ahvenanmaatansa
inessive
Ahvenanmaassaan Ahvenanmaassansa
elative
Ahvenanmaastaan Ahvenanmaastansa
illative
Ahvenanmaahansa
adessive
Ahvenanmaallaan Ahvenanmaallansa
ablative
Ahvenanmaaltaan Ahvenanmaaltansa
allative
Ahvenanmaalleen Ahvenanmaallensa
essive
Ahvenanmaanaan Ahvenanmaanansa
translative
Ahvenanmaakseen Ahvenanmaaksensa
abessive
Ahvenanmaattaan Ahvenanmaattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* ahvenanmaalainen
* ahvenanmaanlammas

### References

* ↑ Schalin, Johan (2008): Ahuen maa ja Alandh Sananjalka 50: 24–37.