You mean the name of the region? Tavastia is the Swedish and also English name of it. I think think the name is that of the noble family Tavast. The Finnish language name is Häme. It may be related to the Baltic-Slavic root zeme meaning land. But I'm not sure about any of this.
You mean the name of the region? Tavastia is the Swedish and also English name of it. I think think the name is that of the noble family Tavast. The Finnish language name is Häme. It may be related to the Baltic-Slavic root zeme meaning land. But I'm not sure about any of this.
I was curious because you shared the meaning of Lahti and Niemi, the origin of places names is interesting