Elämistä

Elämistä is a Finnish word form that arises from the noun elämä, meaning life. In Finnish, elämistä functions as an inflected form rather than as a standalone lexical item. It is associated with the elative case in the plural, used to express movement from or source “from lives” or more broadly “from life” in contexts where life is the source or origin of something. Because it is a case form, elämistä appears primarily within larger phrases or clauses rather than as an independent noun.

In usage, elämistä is most often found in formal, literary, or philosophical language where speakers discuss life as a source of experiences, meanings, or phenomena. The exact sense is determined by the surrounding words, and in many everyday contexts speakers would instead rely on other inflected forms of elämä (such as elämän or elämää) depending on what is being expressed. As with other Finnish inflections, the form of elämistä signals grammatical relationships rather than introducing a new, separate concept.

Contextual notes:

- Elämä is the root concept; elämistä is one of its inflected forms.

- The meaning shifts with context, commonly relating to origin or source in phrases about life, existence, or experiences.

- It is not a distinct lexical entry like a separate term; rather, it is a grammatical form used within sentences.

See also: elämä, elämän, elämää, elävä.