pyhäköistä
Pyhäköistä is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun pyhäkkö, meaning a shrine or sanctuary. In Finnish grammar, pyhäköistä translates roughly as “from the sanctuaries” and is used to indicate origin or source in a sentence. The form appears primarily in written, especially scholarly, contexts.
Morphologically, pyhäkkö forms the stem pyhäkkö-, to which the elative plural suffix -istä is added. This results
In usage, pyhäköistä is most common in academic discussions within archaeology, religious studies, ethnography, and related
Because pyhäköistä is fairly specialized, it tends to appear in formal writing rather than everyday conversation.