kotimaastaan

Kotimaastaan is a Finnish phrase meaning “from his/her homeland” or “from its homeland.” It is formed from kotimaa (homeland) in the elative case kotimaasta, with the third-person possessive suffix -nsa attached, resulting in kotimaastaan.

In usage, kotimaastaan expresses origin or background in relation to a named referent. It is common in journalism, memoirs, and literature when discussing a person’s homeland or diaspora, and it can also appear in descriptive or narrative contexts to convey a connection to one’s place of origin.

Examples of the phrase include: Hän kertoi kotimaastaan. This translates roughly to “He spoke about his homeland.” The construction can also appear in longer phrases such as kirjailijan kotimaastaan kertova tarina, meaning “a story about the author’s homeland.”

Grammatically, kotimaastaan combines the elative form kotimaasta with the third-person possessive suffix -nsa, illustrating how Finnish often marks both source and ownership within a single word. The form is a common tool in Finnish for signaling origin, background, or topic related to a person or thing’s homeland in both spoken and written language.