Niskanen

/ˈniskɑnen/
FINCE → TR

Tanım

•a Finnish surname from landscape

Etimoloji

niska (“(back of the) neck”) + -nen; from niska (“(back of the) neck”) 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.