Etymograph

English

Tavastia

Tavastia comes from Latin Tavastus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETavastus
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Tavastia
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETavastus
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Tavastia
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Formed from Tavast + -ia

The story

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’).

Every English word from Latin Tavastus

Today it means

name A historical province of Sweden, c. 1250 to 1809, and of Finland, since 1809. Official name: Häme.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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