lähteistä

Lähteistä is the plural elative form of the Finnish noun lähde, meaning sources. In Finnish grammar the elative case expresses movement from or origin from something, and the plural elative lähteistä is used when referring to information, evidence, or statements that come from multiple sources. The form contrasts with other cases and numbers of lähde, such as lähteet (sources, nominative), lähteiden (of the sources, genitive), lähteitä (sources as objects, partitive), or lähteisiin (into sources, illative).

In scholarly and journalistic writing, lähteistä is commonly encountered when indicating the provenance of data or claims, for example: Lähteistä voidaan päätellä, ettei tilanne ole muuttunut. The phrase highlights the origin of the information as coming from several sources. For broader or more formal attribution, Finnish often uses the genitive plural form, as in lähteiden mukaan, meaning “according to the sources.”

Related terms include lähde (singular source), lähteet (sources), lähdeaineisto (source material), and viitteet or bibliografia (references). Distinctions matter: lähteistä focuses on the origin from multiple sources, while lähteiden mukaan attributes conclusions to those sources; lähde- and lähteet forms organize references and evidence in academic writing.

Overall, lähteistä is a key grammatical form for indicating information drawn from multiple sources, and it interacts with other case forms to express different relationships between a statement and its provenance.