Lenkiltä

Lenkiltä is a Finnish word that functions as the elative form of the noun lenkki. LenkkI refers to a loop, circuit, or route, and by extension to a training run or a circular path. The elative case, expressed with the suffix -lta/-ltä, indicates origin or movement from something, so lenkiltä literally means “from the loop” or “off the circuit.”

In everyday Finnish, lenkiltä is used to specify origin, departure, or source linked to a loop, route, or sequence described by lenkki. Common contexts include sports and travel, where speakers might refer to returning from a run or beginning a movement from a particular circuit. For example, phrases built with lenkiltä convey that something comes from, or is taken from, the loop or route, or that someone is coming back from it. The exact nuance depends on the surrounding verb and construction.

Lenkiltä is not a standalone lexical entry like lenkki; rather, it is a grammatical form derived from lenkki. Its use is governed by Finnish case rules and the syntactic needs of the sentence, especially regarding origin, source, or point of departure. The meaning remains closely tied to the senses of lenkki—loop, circuit, or route—while the elative form specifies where something originates.

See also: Finnish language, Finnish grammar, Elative case, lenkki.