Petteri
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Vernacular form of Pietari (“Peter”),[1] probably via Swedish Petter.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞t̪ːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -etːeri
- Syllabification(key): Pet‧te‧ri
- Hyphenation(key): Pet‧te‧ri
Proper noun
[edit]Petteri
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]- A popular middle name during the second half of the 20th century.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Petteri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit | |
| genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | |
| partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | |
| illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit | |
| accusative | nom. | Petteri | Petterit |
| gen. | Petterin | ||
| genitive | Petterin | Petterien Pettereiden Pettereitten | |
| partitive | Petteriä | Pettereitä Petterejä | |
| inessive | Petterissä | Pettereissä | |
| elative | Petteristä | Pettereistä | |
| illative | Petteriin | Pettereihin | |
| adessive | Petterillä | Pettereillä | |
| ablative | Petteriltä | Pettereiltä | |
| allative | Petterille | Pettereille | |
| essive | Petterinä | Pettereinä | |
| translative | Petteriksi | Pettereiksi | |
| abessive | Petterittä | Pettereittä | |
| instructive | — | Petterein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Petteri is the 226th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,560 male individuals (and as a middle name to 70,748 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]Ingrian
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin Petrus. The place name is a calque from Russian Питер (Piter). Akin to Finnish Pietari, Petteri.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːe̞rʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpetːeri/, [ˈpe̞tːe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -etːerʲ, -etːeri
- Hyphenation: Pet‧te‧ri
Proper noun
[edit]Petteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Torgua pitivät: Petterii halkoja veittivät tali liivaa.
- They kept goods: They carried billets or sand into Saint Petersburg.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of Petteri (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Petteri | Petterit |
| genitive | Petterin | Petteriin, Petterilöin |
| partitive | Petteriä | Petterijä, Petterilöjä |
| illative | Petterii | Petterii, Petterilöihe |
| inessive | Petteriis | Petteriis, Petterilöis |
| elative | Petterist | Petteriist, Petterilöist |
| allative | Petterille | Petteriille, Petterilöille |
| adessive | Petteriil | Petteriil, Petterilöil |
| ablative | Petterilt | Petteriilt, Petterilöilt |
| translative | Petteriks | Petteriiks, Petterilöiks |
| essive | Petterinnä, Petteriin | Petteriinnä, Petterilöinnä, Petteriin, Petterilöin |
| exessive1) | Petterint | Petteriint, Petterilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 404
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[1], →ISBN, page 74
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ingrian Petteri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Petteri
- a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
- Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of Petteri (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Petteri | Petterid |
| genitive | Petteri | Petterije |
| partitive | Petteriä | Petteriit |
| illative | Petteri, Petterise | Petteriise |
| inessive | Petteriz | Petteriiz |
| elative | Petteriss | Petteriiss |
| allative | Petterille | Petteriille |
| adessive | Petterill | Petteriill |
| ablative | Petterilt | Petteriilt |
| translative | Petterissi | Petteriissi |
| 'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
[edit]- Heinike Heinsoo; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2017), Vaďďa sõnakopittõja: ülezantõmizõd
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/etːeri
- Rhymes:Finnish/etːeri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Ingrian terms derived from Latin
- Ingrian terms calqued from Russian
- Ingrian terms derived from Russian
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/etːerʲ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/etːerʲ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/etːeri
- Rhymes:Ingrian/etːeri/3 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian proper nouns
- Ingrian given names
- Ingrian male given names
- izh:Saint Petersburg
- izh:Federal cities of Russia
- izh:Places in Russia
- izh:Former capitals
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/etːeri
- Rhymes:Votic/etːeri/3 syllables
- Votic lemmas
- Votic proper nouns
- Votic given names
- Votic male given names
- vot:Saint Petersburg
- vot:Federal cities of Russia
- vot:Places in Russia
- vot:Former capitals
- Votic võrkko-type nominals