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Ahto
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ahto
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
Variation of Ahti, god of waters in Finnish and Estonian mythology.
et male
Usage notes
More common than Ahti as an Estonian given name, while Finns prefer Ahti.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi mythology
A variant of fi Ahti mythology (mythology), roughly equivalent to fi Ahti mythology o.
Proper noun
fi Finnish mythology 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:
fi Ahto, aaltojen isäntä, / Satahauan hallitsija! Ahto, master of the billows, / Ruler over a hundred sea caves!
Usage notes
fi Ahto is used in place of fi Ahti given name for the deity in Kalevala to distinguish from the character named fi Ahti (fi Ahti Saarelainen, i.e. fi Lemminkäinen).
Declension
Ah t d o a
Etymology 2
fi given name
A variant of fi Ahti given name (given name), perhaps from another variant of the Germanic source, roughly equivalent to fi Ahti given name o.
Proper noun
fi male, a rare variation of fi Ahti
fi Finnish
Declension
Ah t d o a
Aht o a
Derived terms
fi Ahtola Ahtonen
Statistics
dvv_20250813 152 78 845 3
dvv_20250813 110
See also
Finnish mythology
References
Anagrams
fi ahot ahot haot hota taho