Alavus.
Alavus (a town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)
Meaning & usage
Alavus (a town and municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)
Where this word comes from
From the lake name *Alavojärvi (with later adaptation into the kalleus inflection type), in some way based on ala- (“lower, below”), i.e. “the downriver lake” (compared to some others in the area like Sapsalampi). The exact morphological derivation remains obscure.
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