Rahastoon

Rahastoon is the illative case form of the Finnish noun rahasto, which means a fund or pool of money. In Finnish grammar, the illative case indicates direction toward something, so rahastoon literally means “into the fund” and is used to describe actions that move money into a fund or designate a fund as a destination.

Usage-wise, rahastoon is common in fundraising, budgeting, and financial reporting. It appears with verbs that denote directing or placing funds, such as siirtää, ohjata, tai laittaa rahaa rahastoon. Examples include: Varat siirretään rahastoon (The funds are transferred into the fund). Lahjoitukset ohjattiin rahastoon (The donations were directed to the fund). Rahastoon suunnatut varat refer to funds intended for the fund, often in a budgeting context.

Etymology and related terms: The word rahasto is a loanword from Swedish fond, via Finnish development of a generic term for a fund. Rahastoon is simply the illative form used to express movement into that fund. Related concepts include rahasto (fund), rahastointi (funding or endowment activities), and rahastoyhtiö (fund management company).

Notes on usage: Rahastoon tends to appear in formal, administrative, or financial prose. In everyday speech, people might instead use more general phrases like “rahastoon siirretään varoja” or simply reference the fund by name. The illative form helps specify the destination of funds within institutional or project-based budgeting.