kalenterista

Kalenterista is the elative case form of the Finnish noun kalenteri, meaning calendar. In Finnish grammar the elative case expresses origin or source, so kalenterista roughly means “from the calendar” and is used when referring to information or actions tied to a calendar.

Uses include indicating where information is located or derived, or describing actions that involve the calendar. For example: Kalenterista löytyy merkintöjä. Kävin katsomassa kalenterista, milloin seuraava tapaaminen on. These patterns show how the form ties content to the calendar as a source or reference point.

Etymology and cognates: Kalenteri is borrowed from Swedish kalender, which in turn traces to Latin calendarium (and related forms such as calendae). The Finnish form kalenteri and its inflected variants, including kalenterista, reflect common Finnic adaptations of the Latin-derived calendar term. In many languages the same root appears in terms for calendars and datekeeping.

Modern usage: In everyday Finnish, kalenterista is common in both paper-and-pencil and digital calendar contexts. It is used to describe information found in a calendar (for example, events or schedules) or actions performed with a calendar as the source. In written and spoken language, kalenterista remains a straightforward grammatical tool for tying statements to the calendar as a reference point.

See also: kalenteri (calendar) and Finnish grammar discussions of the elative case.