Sulkuaikoihin
Sulkuaikoihin is a Finnish term used in public discourse to refer to the periods during which social and economic restrictions were in place, most notably during the COVID-19 pandemic. The word is formed from sulku meaning lockdown or closure and -aikoihin, a suffix indicating "to the times" or "during the eras," reflecting a time-frame focus rather than a specific law. The expression is part of contemporary Finnish usage and is commonly employed in media and commentary to summarize the character of those years.
In usage, sulkuaikoihin appears in news articles, opinion pieces, and cultural writing as a shorthand for the
Linguistically, sulkuaikoihin illustrates how Finnish forms compound nouns to compress complex social phenomena into a single