Perunasta

Perunasta is the elative case form of the Finnish noun peruna, meaning potato. It literally translates as “from the potato” or “out of the potato” and is used to indicate origin, source, or material in a sentence. In Finnish, the elative suffix -sta/-stä is attached to the noun stem to express such relationships; for peruna the form becomes perunasta.

In practical use, perunasta commonly appears in contexts related to cooking and food, where it marks ingredients or base materials. Examples include statements like “Keitto on valmistettu perunasta” (The soup is made from potatoes) or “perunasta valmistettu ruoka” (a dish made from potatoes). It can also appear in descriptions of products or recipes to emphasize that potatoes are the source or primary ingredient.

Beyond cooking, perunasta can function more generally to indicate material origin in linguistic constructions, though it is most frequent in culinary or grocery-related language. The form is one of many Finnish elative constructions used to express where something comes from or what it is made of.

Related terms include other noun stems in -a/-ä that form their elative with -sta/-stä, such as sipulista (from/onion) or hedelmästä (from fruit). Understanding perunasta helps in recognizing how Finnish conveys material and origin in everyday speech and recipe instructions.