perintöön

Perintöön is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun perintö, which means inheritance, estate, or legacy. As an illative, perintöön signals movement toward or into the concept of the inheritance or denotes the domain of matters related to the inheritance. It is a grammatical form used to build phrases that describe relationships to an inherited estate or the rules governing it.

In daily and legal language, perintöön appears in phrases that specify what aspect of inheritance is being discussed. For example, the phrase perintöön liittyviä asiakirjoja means documents related to the inheritance, using the illative to mark the domain of concern. Another common construction is perintöön liittyvää lainsäädäntöä, meaning legislation related to inheritance, where perintöön is part of the modifier describing the type of legal provisions.

Usage notes: perintöön is not a standalone semantic item; it functions grammatically to indicate the target domain of relation or direction in a clause. It can appear with verbs and adjectives that require the illative or in compound phrases that describe inheritance-related matters.

Etymology and related terms: perintö is a native Finnish noun meaning inheritance or estate and is related to verbs such as periä (to inherit) and periytyä (to be inherited). The illative suffix -ön attaches to the noun stem to form perintöön, marking the illative case in singular. Related terms include perintöoikeus (inheritance law), perillinen (heir), and perinnönjakso or perinnönjako (division of the estate).

See also: perintö, perintöoikeus, perillinen, perinnönjakso, testamentti.