Jänteitä

Jäänteitä is Finnish a noun meaning remains, remnants, or traces. It refers to what remains after something has ended, decayed, or been removed, and can denote physical remnants such as bones, artifacts, or fossil fragments, as well as more abstract signs of past events or processes.

The base form is jäänne; jäänteitä is the partitive plural. The nominative plural is jäänteet, and the genitive plural is jäänteiden. The term is common in both scientific and everyday language to describe material remains or residual signs.

In practice, jäänteitä is used in archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science to refer to remnants that provide information about historical or forensic contexts. It also appears in geology and natural history to describe indicators left behind by natural processes. In everyday Finnish, jäänteitä can refer to leftovers or traces of prior activity, such as food remnants or marks from an event.

Related terms include jäänne and jäännös, which share the sense of a remaining part or trace. Differences are mainly in nuance and grammatical form; jäänne emphasizes a partial remnant, while jäännös can denote a residue and sometimes a smaller fragment.