kommentaarista

kommentaarista is a Finnish word that functions as the elative singular form of the noun meaning "commentary." In Finnish grammar, the elative case expresses origin, source, or basis, roughly corresponding to "from the commentary" in English. Therefore kommentaarista is used when indicating information derived from or contained in a specific commentary.

The form is common in formal writing, such as journalism, academic texts, and legal or policy documents, where authors refer to content produced in a commentary or rely on it as a source. Typical usages include phrases like "kommentaarista käy ilmi" (it is evident from the commentary) or "kommentaarista todetaan" (it is stated in the commentary). Because it signals source material, kommentaarista often appears in reports, analyses, or discussions that quote or summarize a commentary.

Etymology and related forms: kommentaarista derives from the Finnish noun kommentaar (commentary), a loanword with cognates in other Nordic languages and ultimately tracing back to Latin through historical intermediaries. Related grammatical forms include kommentaarin (genitive, “the commentary’s”) and kommentaaria (partitive), which serve different syntactic roles in sentences.

Usage notes: kommentaarista is primarily a grammatical tool for indicating source or basis. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer more commonplace variants or restructure sentences to avoid heavy reliance on the elative. In written Finnish, however, it remains a natural and frequent choice when precision about source material is required.

See also: kommentaar, kommentti, kommentoida.