From niska (“neck”) in topographic terms such as joen niska (“source of a river”) and mäen niska (“hill crest”), possibly also as a nickname for somebody with a thick, crooked etc. neck + -la.
Niskala
| Inflection of Niskala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Niskala | Niskalat | |
| genitive | Niskalan | Niskaloiden Niskaloitten | |
| partitive | Niskalaa | Niskaloita | |
| illative | Niskalaan | Niskaloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Niskala | Niskalat | |
| accusative | nom. | Niskala | Niskalat |
| gen. | Niskalan | ||
| genitive | Niskalan | Niskaloiden Niskaloitten Niskalain rare | |
| partitive | Niskalaa | Niskaloita | |
| inessive | Niskalassa | Niskaloissa | |
| elative | Niskalasta | Niskaloista | |
| illative | Niskalaan | Niskaloihin | |
| adessive | Niskalalla | Niskaloilla | |
| ablative | Niskalalta | Niskaloilta | |
| allative | Niskalalle | Niskaloille | |
| essive | Niskalana | Niskaloina | |
| translative | Niskalaksi | Niskaloiksi | |
| abessive | Niskalatta | Niskaloitta | |
| instructive | — | Niskaloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||