käsitteeltä

Käsitteeltä is a Finnish inflected form of the noun käsite, meaning concept. It is used to express origin or source in discourse, indicating that a term, definition, or statement comes from or is derived from a particular concept. In academic Finnish, forms like käsitteeltä appear in phrases that attribute linguistic or theoretical material to a concept, such as when discussing how a term or definition is derived from a given idea.

Grammatically, käsitteeltä functions as an elative form, signaling source or origin. It is typically found in noun phrases and can pair with verbs or adjectives to describe provenance. The exact morphological shape may vary with the noun’s inflection class and the surrounding syntactic needs, but the core sense remains “from the concept.” It is most common in formal writing, philosophical or theoretical texts, and other contexts where origin of ideas or terminology is explicitly noted.

Usage notes: käsitteeltä is not a casual everyday construction; it appears most often in scholarly discussion, analyses of terminology, or expository writing about theories. It can combine with phrases such as käsitteeltä johdettu (derived from the concept) or käsitteeltä peräisin oleva määritelmä (a definition that originates from the concept). Writers use it to clarify that a term, definition, or assumption is grounded in a particular concept rather than being a stand-alone formulation.

See also: käsite, elatiivi, Finnish grammar, terminologia.