Keskuksista

Keskuksista is the plural elative form of keskus, a Finnish noun meaning center or hub. In Finnish grammar the elative case expresses origin or movement from a place, and the suffix -ista/-istä marks the plural. Therefore keskuksista means “from the centers” or “out of the centers,” and is used when multiple centers are the source or point of departure in a statement.

The term is commonly used in academic, administrative, and regional contexts where information, resources, or phenomena are described as originating from more than one center. It often appears in constructions such as keskuksista kerätty aineisto (the data collected from the centers) or keskuksista peräisin olevat tiedot (information originating from the centers). It can also describe statistical or logistical aspects that involve several centers.

Examples:

- Keskuksista kerätty aineisto osoittaa eroja alueittain. (The data collected from the centers shows regional differences.)

- Keskuksista peräisin olevat tiedot ovat tärkeitä päätöksenteossa. (The information originating from the centers is important for decision-making.)

- Tutkimuksessa keskuksista saatu data analysoitiin tilastollisesti. (In the study, data obtained from the centers was analyzed statistically.)

Keskuksista, like other elative plurals, appears mainly in formal writing and reports, where explicit reference to multiple centers as a source is needed. It is one of the common ways Finnish communicates origin from more than one location.