peräisin

Peräisin is a Finnish adjective or participle meaning originating from or derived from something; it is used to indicate source, provenance, or date of origin of artefacts, texts, information, traditions, or phenomena.

In usage, it is typically followed by expressions of source such as peräisin jostakin or peräisin 1800-luvulta. Examples include: "Kuva on peräisin muinaisista teksteistä." and "Tiedot ovat peräisin Kansallisarkistosta." It is rarely used for living people; for people, the more common words are kotoisin, meaning the place of origin, or syntynyt, meaning born.

Etymology: peräisin derives from the word perä, meaning origin or source. The sense of originating from something developed in modern Finnish usage and is expressed with the predicative or attributive participle form.

See also: kotoisin, alkuperäinen, perinne. In translation, peräisin corresponds to English "originating from," "derived from," or "dating from," depending on context.