Olosuhteilta

Olosuhteilta is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun olosuhde, meaning “from the conditions” or “under the conditions.” It is used to refer to the conditions that form the basis for a statement, result, or action.

As a grammatical form, olosuhteilta expresses origin or source and is most common in formal, technical, or scientific text. The appropriate English equivalents depend on context and may be rendered as “under the conditions” or “from the conditions.” In practice, it signals the contextual background or set of circumstances from which something is derived or assessed.

Common usage includes describing dependence on conditions. For example, phrases such as olosuhteilta riippuvat tulokset can be understood as “the results depend on the conditions.” In everyday Finnish, however, speakers more often use the expression olosuhteista riippuen, meaning “depending on the conditions,” rather than olosuhteilta.

Etymology: the form is created from the noun olosuhde plus the elative suffix -lta, indicating origin or source. The word reflects Finnish grammar where the elative case marks movement from or about a set of conditions.

See also: olosuhde, olosuhteet.