kiskoa + -o. Probably originally meant "long, thin piece of birchbark", whence later applied to metal and then to rails (as they are long, narrow pieces of metal).[1]
kisko
| Inflection of kisko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kisko | kiskot | |
| genitive | kiskon | kiskojen | |
| partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja | |
| illative | kiskoon | kiskoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kisko | kiskot | |
| accusative | nom. | kisko | kiskot |
| gen. | kiskon | ||
| genitive | kiskon | kiskojen | |
| partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja | |
| inessive | kiskossa | kiskoissa | |
| elative | kiskosta | kiskoista | |
| illative | kiskoon | kiskoihin | |
| adessive | kiskolla | kiskoilla | |
| ablative | kiskolta | kiskoilta | |
| allative | kiskolle | kiskoille | |
| essive | kiskona | kiskoina | |
| translative | kiskoksi | kiskoiksi | |
| abessive | kiskotta | kiskoitta | |
| instructive | — | kiskoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From kiskoa (“to strip”) + -o. Akin to Finnish kisko.
kisko
| Declension of kisko (type 4/koivu, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kisko | kisot |
| genitive | kison | kiskoin, kiskoloin |
| partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja, kiskoloja |
| illative | kiskoo | kiskoi, kiskoloihe |
| inessive | kisos | kisois, kiskolois |
| elative | kisost | kisoist, kiskoloist |
| allative | kisolle | kisoille, kiskoloille |
| adessive | kisol | kisoil, kiskoloil |
| ablative | kisolt | kisoilt, kiskoloilt |
| translative | kisoks | kisoiks, kiskoloiks |
| essive | kiskonna, kiskoon | kiskoinna, kiskoloinna, kiskoin, kiskoloin |
| exessive1) | kiskont | kiskoint, kiskoloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||