Ahti

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Ahti

1. (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
2. (Egyptian mythology) A goddess in Egyptian mythology.

• Finnish mythology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Egyptian mythology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Hati, Thai, Thai., thia-

Ahti

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhti/, [ˈɑ̝xt̪i]
• Rhymes: -ɑhti
• Syllabification^(key): Ah‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): Ah‧ti

Probably ahtaa +‎ -i. The consonantism implies a relatively recent derivation, but based on the dialectal meaning "to hang up to dry". The god of water and fishing would have thus originally been a god that helps keep fish nets dry and thus by extension bring a good catch.^[1] Alternatively possibly borrowed from Proto-Samic *āččē (“father”), an epithet that occurs in many names of Sami deities.^[2]

Ahti

1. (Finnic mythology) The god of depths, water, and fishing.

   Ahdin valtakunta ― the depths of the water, Davy Jones's locker [nautical slang]

• Ahto

• “Ahti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

A confluence of multiple different etymologies. Partly from the mythological name (see Ahti, etymology 1), partly from Proto-Norse [Term?] (“wealth, property”) (as the name of a mythical warrior) and partly from the Middle Low German given name Ahti, which in turn is ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos). The Russian name Автоном (Avtonom) (from the same Ancient Greek source) may be a fourth source (at least in eastern Finland).^[2]

Ahti

1. a male given name
   • 1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 11:1-8:

     Aika on Ahtia sanoa, / Veitikkätä vieretellä. / Ahti poika Saarelainen, / Tuo on lieto Lemmin poika, / Kasvoi koissa korkeassa / Luona armahan emonsa / Laajimman lahen perällä, / Kaukoniemen kainalossa.

     It is time to talk of Ahti, / That amusing rascal lover. / Ahti lad, the Islander, / He the wayward son of Lempi / Grew up in a hig-born home / With his most devoted mother / At the head of a big wide bay, / In the shelter of Cape Far.

2. a Finnish surname

• Ahto
• (surnames) Ahtiainen

• Ahti is the 177^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,503 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,836 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• Ahti is the 1847^th (tied with 4 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 460 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• -htia, hait, tahi, thai