Kauhanen
Finnish
editEtymology
editkauha- + -nen. There are multiple possible origins, including kauha (“scoop, ladle”) (in reference to a shape of e.g. a body of water) and the onomatopoeic verb kauhaa (in reference to rushing water), both of which would have been adopted from toponyms. A third possible origin is a byname Kauha, Kauhu (~ kauhea (“terrible”), kauhu; perhaps originally "pale").[1]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKauhanen
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Kauhanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kauhanen | Kauhaset | |
genitive | Kauhasen | Kauhasten Kauhasien | |
partitive | Kauhasta | Kauhasia | |
illative | Kauhaseen | Kauhasiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kauhanen | Kauhaset | |
accusative | nom. | Kauhanen | Kauhaset |
gen. | Kauhasen | ||
genitive | Kauhasen | Kauhasten Kauhasien | |
partitive | Kauhasta | Kauhasia | |
inessive | Kauhasessa | Kauhasissa | |
elative | Kauhasesta | Kauhasista | |
illative | Kauhaseen | Kauhasiin | |
adessive | Kauhasella | Kauhasilla | |
ablative | Kauhaselta | Kauhasilta | |
allative | Kauhaselle | Kauhasille | |
essive | Kauhasena | Kauhasina | |
translative | Kauhaseksi | Kauhasiksi | |
abessive | Kauhasetta | Kauhasitta | |
instructive | — | Kauhasin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Kauhanen is the 409th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,997 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Kauhanen on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi