liikkeeltä

Liikkeeltä is a Finnish word-form: it is the elative singular of the noun liike. The base liike has several related senses, including movement or motion, activity or action, and a business, shop, or organization. Because of these multiple senses, liikkeeltä can mean “from the movement,” “from the organization,” or “from the store,” depending on the context.

In practice, liikkeeltä marks origin or source in sentences about information, instructions, signals, or materials that come from a particular source. It is commonly used with verbs and phrases that express origin or provenance. For example, tiedot ovat tulleet liikkeeltä means “the information has come from the movement/organization,” and ohjeet ovat saatu liikkeeltä means “the instructions were received from the organization.” The exact sense is determined by the surrounding context and by which sense of liike is intended.

Usage notes: Because liike covers both abstract meanings (movement, activity) and concrete ones (a store or business), liikkeeltä can refer to a source within a political or social movement, or to a physical or commercial location. The form is part of Finnish case grammar, where elative expresses origin or source, contrasting with other cases that express location, possession, or direction. When choosing the appropriate sense, speakers rely on discourse context and accompanying nouns or verbs to clarify whether the source is a movement, an organization, or a commercial entity.