Viestillinen

Viestillinen is a Finnish adjective used to indicate something related to messaging or the transmission of information. It is not a common everyday term in contemporary Finnish; the standard form for “communication-related” is viestinnällinen, formed from viestintä “communication” with the suffix -llinen. Viestillinen can appear as a variant in older texts, regional usage, or specialized glossaries and may convey a similar meaning in those contexts.

Etymology and form: the word is built from the stem viest- (from viesti, message) or viestint- (from viestintä, communication) with the common Finnish suffix -llinen, which denotes a characteristic or relation.

Usage and context: In academic or technical writing about communication or information systems, viestillinen can describe a messaging-oriented approach or characteristic. Examples include phrases such as viestillinen järjestelmä (a messaging-oriented system) or viestillinen toiminta (messaging-focused activity). In these uses, the emphasis is on the function of conveying messages within a text, medium, or organization. Because viestillinen is relatively rare, it may appear alongside or be clarified by the more common viestinnällinen.

See also: viestintä, viestinnällinen, tiedonvälitys, kommunikaatio, media.

Notes: For clarity and broad readership, many writers prefer viestinnällinen to express the standard sense of “communication-related.” Viestillinen is more likely to be encountered in historical, dialectal, or specialized linguistic discussions.