Seuraamussanasta

Seuraamussanasta is a Finnish phrase that literally means “from the word for sanction.” It is formed by combining seuraamus (sanction) with sana (word) to create a compound noun, often written as seuraamussana, and then inflected in the elative case to sanasta, yielding seuraamussanasta. The expression is used to indicate that a discussion or quotation refers to the term or concept of sanction itself.

In grammar, seuraamussanasta is an example of how Finnish can reference a specific word within a sentence. The base compound seuraamussana functions as a noun meaning “sanction word,” and the suffix -sta marks the elative case, signaling the source or starting point of reference (from the word). The construction is especially common in language teaching, lexicography, and linguistic descriptions when illustrating how to quote or discuss particular terms.

Seuraamussanasta does not denote a distinct lexical category or a widely recognized technical term in Finnish linguistics. Rather, it is a functional, descriptive form used to point to the word seuraamus within text, similar to other sanasta phrases used to indicate “from the word X.” Its usage is largely limited to educational or analytical contexts where explicit reference to a specific word is needed.

See also: sanasta, sana, seuraamus, sanasto.