Aurora Borealis, "Northern Lights",

seen in Enontekiö on winter 2008/09.

Photo by Loranablog, CC BY-SA 3.0

" Aaslakka " relates to old Swedish / Danish / Finnish male first name "Aslak", written in Lapland as "Ásllat"

" relates to old Swedish / Danish / Finnish male first name "Aslak", written in Lapland as "Ásllat" " Aslak " originates to older Norwegian name "Áslákr / ÁslakR / ÁslæikR"

" originates to older Norwegian name "Áslákr / ÁslakR / ÁslæikR" " ÁslæikR " is a combination of two even older words "As" and "leikr"

" is a combination of two even older words "As" and "leikr" " As " is germanic name element sometimes interpreted as meaning the god "Þórr" in names. The origin could lie in Germanic *ans- = 'beam, post' (devotion to wooden gods) or Old Indian ásura-, ásu = 'vitality'

" is germanic name element sometimes interpreted as meaning the god "Þórr" in names. The origin could lie in Germanic *ans- = 'beam, post' (devotion to wooden gods) or Old Indian ásura-, ásu = 'vitality' " Leikr " or "Leik" stands for play, game or fight

" or "Leik" stands for play, game or fight " järvi " is a lake

" is a lake The whole name "Aaslakkajärvi" could that way be translated for example as "Lake of the playing gods", but in this translation we would go back in history so much that it can't be taken as the exact correct translation. In more modern language, maybe "Lake of Aslak" would work as correct.





This release is also called upgrade 15, or shortly, u15 mostly in internal use. Upgrade 14 (1.1.5) was never released to public. The first letter for naming the 1.1.5 would probably have been "Ö", the last letter in Scandinavian alphabet.

Sailfish OS Aaslakkajärvi - the nameWe've kept you up to date with the Finnish lakes which Jolla is using in their release naming, and lately also in the translations. This time we took some etymology along, hope you like it as additional information.Aaslakkajärvi is a 10 acres wide lake located in Lapland, Finland, close to Enontekiö. Translation and etymology:There are 187 888 lakes in Finland, including the small ones, so we might have more than a few updates coming up.