Verkoista

Verkoista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun verkko, meaning network. In Finnish, the elative case (ending -sta/-stä) expresses origin or source, and verkoista translates to “from networks.” The form is used to indicate that something comes from multiple networks or that data, information, or other material is derived from them.

Usage and meaning: Verkoista is commonly employed in academic, technical, and media contexts to specify sources that involve more than one network. It often appears in constructions describing data or content collected, gathered, or sourced from networks. For example, in a research sentence you might find: Tutkimuksessa käytettiin verkoista kerättyjä tietoja, meaning “The study used data collected from networks.”

Morphology and related forms: The singular elative is verkosta (from the network), while the plural elative is verkoista (from networks). Other related forms include verkkojen (genitive plural) and verkkoja (partitive plural). Understanding these forms helps in parsing sentences that describe sources or origins across multiple networks.

Examples:

- Tutkimuksessa käytettiin verkoista kerättyjä tietoja.

- Tiedot ovat peräisin verkoista, jotka kattavat useita maantieteellisiä alueita.

See also: Finnish grammar, elative case, noun inflection, verkko.