Arkistosta

Arkistosta is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun arkisto, meaning “from the archive.” It is used to indicate the origin or source of information, documents, or materials.

In Finnish, the elative case is formed by adding the suffix -sta/-stä to the noun. For arkisto, the result is arkistosta. The form is commonly used when describing material that comes from a specific archive, such as a collection or repository, rather than from multiple archives.

The term is frequently found in academic, journalistic, and archival contexts. Examples include phrases like “tutkimusmateriaali on peräisin arkistosta” (the research material comes from the archive) and “arkistosta löytyi valokuvia vuodelta 1920-luvulta” (photographs from the 1920s were found in the archive). In contrast, the plural elative form arkistoista is used when referring to material from more than one archive, as in “arkistoista löytyi lisää asiakirjoja” (more documents were found from the archives).

Etymologically, arkistosta is formed from arkisto + -sta, following standard Finnish case-marking patterns. The word is common in discussions of provenance, provenance-based citations, and archival research, and it is typically understood in everyday Finnish as simply “from the archive.”