edetystä

Edetystä is a Finnish noun form derived from the verb edetä, meaning to advance or to progress. It is the partitive singular form of the noun edetys, which denotes progress, development, or advancement within a process, project, or other ongoing activity. The partitive form edetystä is used when the extent or amount of progress is indefinite or considered as a portion of ongoing development.

In usage, edetystä commonly appears in contexts such as project management, research, and public administration, where progress is reported or evaluated. For example, Hankkeen edetystä seurataan kuukausittain describes monthly monitoring of a project’s progress. The form is frequently found after verbs that take a partitive object or when describing progress in a general, non-completed sense.

Linguistic notes emphasize that edetys refers to progress or advancement, while edetystä specifically marks the ongoing, partial, or non-specified amount of that progress. It is distinct from related terms such as edistys (improvement or advancement achieved) and kehitys (development in a broader sense).

See also: edetys, edistäminen, kehitys.