Niskala

/ˈniskɑlɑ/
FINCE → TR

Tanım

•a Finnish surname from landscape · Any of a number of small places in Finland.

Etimoloji

Originally a farm name. From niska (“neck”), mostly in topographic terms such as joen niska (“source of a river”) and mäen niska (“hill crest”), possibly also as a nickname for somebody who is stubborn (uppiniskainen) or who has a thick, crooked etc. neck (compare Niskanen) + -la.