vesa + -nto. The place name is shortened from the name of a nearby hill Vesamäki (vesa + mäki).[1]
Vesanto
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Vesanto" is Vesannolla.
Inflection of Vesanto (Kotus type 4*J/laatikko, nt-nn gradation) | |||
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nominative | Vesanto | Vesannot | |
genitive | Vesannon | Vesantojen Vesannoiden Vesannoitten | |
partitive | Vesantoa | Vesantoja Vesannoita | |
illative | Vesantoon | Vesantoihin Vesannoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Vesanto | Vesannot | |
accusative | nom. | Vesanto | Vesannot |
gen. | Vesannon | ||
genitive | Vesannon | Vesantojen Vesannoiden Vesannoitten | |
partitive | Vesantoa | Vesantoja Vesannoita | |
inessive | Vesannossa | Vesannoissa | |
elative | Vesannosta | Vesannoista | |
illative | Vesantoon | Vesantoihin Vesannoihin | |
adessive | Vesannolla | Vesannoilla | |
ablative | Vesannolta | Vesannoilta | |
allative | Vesannolle | Vesannoille | |
essive | Vesantona | Vesantoina | |
translative | Vesannoksi | Vesannoiksi | |
abessive | Vesannotta | Vesannoitta | |
instructive | — | Vesannoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |