English
Vantaa
Vantaa comes from Swedish Vanda.
- SwedishmodernVanda
- EnglishtodayVantaa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
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The story
Considered to have been named by Tavastians as Vanantaka, referring to the lake Vanaja (Vanan + taka, "behind Vanaja").
Every English word from Swedish Vanda
Today it means
name A city and municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, just north of Helsinki.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish Vanda / Vantaa