Jaotuselt

Jaotuselt is a term sometimes used in Estonian linguistic and statistical contexts to denote the elative form of the noun jaotus, meaning distribution or allocation. The elative case marks origin or source, so jaotuselt is typically understood as “from the distribution” or “out of the distribution.” In scholarly writing, the form may appear when authors discuss data, results, or conclusions that are derived from a particular distribution or allocation process. It is not a common everyday usage of Estonian.

Formation and use: Jaotuselt is formed by adding the standard elative suffix to the stem jaotus. Like other Estonian elative forms, it functions to indicate source or origin within a sentence. In practice, jaotuselt is most likely to appear in technical or theoretical texts, where precise attribution of data provenance or methodological steps is important. The term signals that what is being described originates in a specific distribution or set of allocations rather than from a different source.

Frequency and status: Jaotuselt is relatively uncommon in everyday Estonian and is more often encountered in niche or scholarly writing, including linguistic analyses, statistics reports, or methodological discussions. It may be treated as a technical or specialized form rather than part of standard, widely used vocabulary.

See also: Estonian grammar, elative case, jaotus (distribution).