referenssistä

Referenssistä is the elative form of referenssi, a Finnish noun borrowed from English reference. The word commonly denotes a reference or citation in written work, and it can also refer to a person who can provide a reference. In Finnish grammar, -stä/-stä marks origin or basis, so referenssistä is used to indicate something that comes from or is derived from the reference.

In general use, referenssi refers to sources of information, such as bibliographic references or citations, and to a person who can vouch for someone in a job application. The elative form referenssistä is most often employed to express that information or content originates from a particular reference. In academic writing, you might see phrases such as referenssistä käy ilmi or referenssistä ilmenee, meaning “it follows from the reference that…” or “the reference shows that…”.

Compared to other Finnish terms, viite or lähde are more common in formal bibliographic contexts, while referenssi remains widely used in modern Finnish, especially in research, databases, and everyday language. The elative form referenssistä therefore functions as a tool to point to the source of a claim, data, or statement, rather than to the source being discussed as a whole.

Examples:

Referenssistä käy ilmi, että tutkimuksen tulokset ovat tilastollisesti merkitseviä.

Lainsäädäntöä käsittelevässä tekstissä referenssistä löytyvät lisätiedot kannattaa tarkistaa alkuperäisestä lähteestä.

See also: referenssi, lähde, viite.