The name in its modern form was mainly adopted starting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during which it was probably interpreted as oksa (“branch”) + -nen. However, it can also be found in earlier sources, and the name may in fact originate from oksi (“bear”) rather than oksa.[1]
Oksanen
| Inflection of Oksanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oksanen | Oksaset | |
| genitive | Oksasen | Oksasten Oksasien | |
| partitive | Oksasta | Oksasia | |
| illative | Oksaseen | Oksasiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Oksanen | Oksaset | |
| accusative | nom. | Oksanen | Oksaset |
| gen. | Oksasen | ||
| genitive | Oksasen | Oksasten Oksasien | |
| partitive | Oksasta | Oksasia | |
| inessive | Oksasessa | Oksasissa | |
| elative | Oksasesta | Oksasista | |
| illative | Oksaseen | Oksasiin | |
| adessive | Oksasella | Oksasilla | |
| ablative | Oksaselta | Oksasilta | |
| allative | Oksaselle | Oksasille | |
| essive | Oksasena | Oksasina | |
| translative | Oksaseksi | Oksasiksi | |
| abessive | Oksasetta | Oksasitta | |
| instructive | — | Oksasin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||