Tervo
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Finnish
Etymology
Probably shortened from Tervonen;[1] as a place name, possibly named after an early settler. Ultimately from terva (“tar”), which may also be more directly the source of the place name, as there is a place named Tervamäki (literally “tar hill”) nearby (i.e. a hill where tar was burned).[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tervo
- a Finnish surname
- A municipality of Northern Savonia, Finland.
Declension
- (municipality): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Tervo" is Tervossa.
| Inflection of Tervo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Tervo | Tervot | |
| genitive | Tervon | Tervojen | |
| partitive | Tervoa | Tervoja | |
| illative | Tervoon | Tervoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Tervo | Tervot | |
| accusative | nom. | Tervo | Tervot |
| gen. | Tervon | ||
| genitive | Tervon | Tervojen | |
| partitive | Tervoa | Tervoja | |
| inessive | Tervossa | Tervoissa | |
| elative | Tervosta | Tervoista | |
| illative | Tervoon | Tervoihin | |
| adessive | Tervolla | Tervoilla | |
| ablative | Tervolta | Tervoilta | |
| allative | Tervolle | Tervoille | |
| essive | Tervona | Tervoina | |
| translative | Tervoksi | Tervoiksi | |
| abessive | Tervotta | Tervoitta | |
| instructive | — | Tervoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Descendants
Statistics
- Tervo is the 272nd most common surname in Finland, belonging to 2,858 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo, Paikkala, Sirkka (2000) Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN