Perinteisiltä

Perinteisiltä is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective perinteinen, meaning traditional. It is the plural ablative form, used when the noun it modifies is in the ablative case and plural, typically to express origin or source from traditions or traditional practices.

In grammar terms, perinteinen declines like other adjectives. The plural ablative ending -isiltä attaches to the stem perinte-, producing perinteisiltä. This form commonly appears before nouns such as lähde (source), tapa (custom), tai käytäntö (practice), forming phrases like perinteisiltä lähteiltä, perinteisiltä tavoilta, or perinteisiltä käytännöiltä, which translate roughly as “from traditional sources,” “from traditional practices,” or “by traditional means.”

Usage notes:

- Perinteisiltä is used to indicate origin, lineage, or basis in tradition, rather than in modern or contemporary contexts.

- It is most common when the accompanying noun is plural and the overall phrase is in the ablative case.

- The form is part of standard written and spoken Finnish and occurs across fields such as culture, anthropology, history, and ethnography.

Related terms:

- Perinteinen (traditional)

- Perinne (tradition)

- Other case forms of perinteinen (for example, perinteinen in different singular/plural and case endings)

See also:

- Finnish grammar and adjective declension

- Examples of phrases with perinteisiltä in academic or cultural writing