Kerääntymiseltä

Kerääntymiseltä is a grammatical form in Finnish, specifically the elative case of the noun kerääntyminen (crowding, accumulation, massing). The elative case marks origin or starting point, roughly corresponding to “from” or “out of” in English. Thus kerääntymiseltä is used to refer to something that originates from a process of gathering or crowding.

Etymology and formation: kerääntyminen is formed from the verb kerätä (to gather) with the suffix -nty- plus -minen to create a noun meaning the process of gathering. The elative plural ending -ltä is added to form kerääntymiseltä, indicating sources or origins that arise from that process. This construction is part of standard Finnish morphology and can be used with various predicates and nouns to express causal or formative relations tied to crowding or accumulation.

Usage and nuance: The elatiivi kerääntymiseltä is used to describe phenomena that originate in or are caused by crowding or accumulation. It can refer to physical situations, such as congestion resulting from people gathering, as well as figurative or abstract processes where a buildup or massing plays a causal role. In descriptive texts, kerääntymiseltä helps specify that a state or effect is derived from the act of gathering rather than from an entirely separate cause.

Related terms: kerääntyminen (the process of gathering), kerääntyminen as a noun phrase, and other Finnish morphological forms of kerätäntyminen. In grammar, it is typically discussed alongside elatiivi (elative case) and other locative-origin cases that express source or derivation.

See also: kerääntyminen; elatiivi (elative case); Finnish grammar.