Sairaudelta

Sairaudelta is a Finnish language term describing the elative form of the noun sairaus, meaning “from a disease” or “from illness.” In standard, everyday Finnish, the most common way to express origin from illness is sairauksesta, but sairaudelta can appear in more formal, technical, or literary contexts to emphasize the source or cause.

Etymology and form: The base word sairaus (illness) combines with an elative suffix to yield sairaudelta. Finnish uses several elative suffixes, including -sta/-stä and -elta/-ltä, depending on phonological factors and stylistic choice. Sairaudelta follows the latter pattern and is therefore recognized as a legitimate, though less frequent, variant of the expression indicating origin from illness.

Usage and nuance: Sairaudelta is typically found in medical, academic, or formal prose where there is a desire to stress the source of information, symptoms, or effects as arising from the disease itself. It is less common in everyday speech, where sairauksesta is more natural. The phrase structure often appears in combinations such as “sairaudelta peräisin oleva tieto” (information derived from the disease) or in constructions that foreground causation or provenance.

Related terms: Sairaus (illness), sairauksesta (from the illness, the standard elative form), and the broader category of Finnish elative forms (-sta/-stä, -elta/-ltä). The choice between -sta/-stä and -elta/-ltä can affect register and emphasis.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, illness (sairaus).