miljoonasta

Miljoonasta is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun miljoona, meaning a million. The elative case expresses origin, source, or starting point and is often translated as "from" or "out of" in English. In the context of numerals such as miljoona, miljoonasta is used when the quantity is described as the source or component of something.

A common usage is in phrases that describe composition or origin, for example: miljoonasta ihmisestä koostuva ryhmä, which means a group composed of a million people. The form is created by adding the elative suffix -sta/-stä to the base form of the noun (miljoona). The elative helps specify where a quantity comes from or what it is drawn from, especially in descriptive or statistical expressions.

Miljoonasta contrasts with other inflected forms of the same noun, such as miljoonan (genitive) and miljoonaa (partitive), which serve different grammatical purposes in sentences describing amounts or quantities. The elative is one of several cases Finnish uses to mark relationships involving numbers, amounts, and sources.