Kaust- + -inen, from the name of a local farm or holding Kausta around which the town has grown, which in turn is possibly from Old Norse Gautstafr or possibly from the gaust- seen in some Germanic names such as Middle High German Gaustrich, Gausthelm.
Kaustinen
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kaustinen" is Kaustisella. Unlike many placenames ending with -inen, Kaustinen is inflected in the singular.
Inflection of Kaustinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kaustinen | Kaustiset | |
genitive | Kaustisen | Kaustisten Kaustisien | |
partitive | Kaustista | Kaustisia | |
illative | Kaustiseen | Kaustisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kaustinen | Kaustiset | |
accusative | nom. | Kaustinen | Kaustiset |
gen. | Kaustisen | ||
genitive | Kaustisen | Kaustisten Kaustisien | |
partitive | Kaustista | Kaustisia | |
inessive | Kaustisessa | Kaustisissa | |
elative | Kaustisesta | Kaustisista | |
illative | Kaustiseen | Kaustisiin | |
adessive | Kaustisella | Kaustisilla | |
ablative | Kaustiselta | Kaustisilta | |
allative | Kaustiselle | Kaustisille | |
essive | Kaustisena | Kaustisina | |
translative | Kaustiseksi | Kaustisiksi | |
abessive | Kaustisetta | Kaustisitta | |
instructive | — | Kaustisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |