tiimiltä

Tiimiltä is the elative case form of the Finnish noun tiimi, meaning “team.” It marks origin or source and is commonly translated as “from the team” or “by the team.” In use, tiimiltä attributes information, statements, or actions to the team as the source.

In practice, tiimiltä appears in journalism, corporate communications, and project documentation to indicate where information comes from. For example, “Tiimiltä saatiin lisätietoja projektin aikataulusta” means that additional information came from the team. The form can also appear in phrases such as “tiimiltä saamien tietojen mukaan,” meaning “according to information received from the team.” The elative form contrasts with related forms such as tiimistä (from within the team) or tiimille (to the team).

Plural usage exists as tiimeiltä to refer to sources from multiple teams. For instance, “Tiimeiltä saatiin useita näkökulmia” would indicate information received from several teams. The choice between tiimiltä and other case forms depends on the intended sense of source, origin, or attribution.

As a standard example of the Finnish elative case, tiimiltä illustrates how postpositional suffixes convey source relations in Finnish grammar. The term is primarily of linguistic interest but is also encountered in professional writing when attributing information or statements to a team. Related terms include tiimi (the team) and the broader discussion of the Finnish elative case.