tilallisista

Tilallisista is the elative plural form of tilallinen, a term in Finnish historical and legal language referring to a person who held a farm or estate (tila) and paid rent or performed duties as a tenant on that holding. The base tila means a farm or estate, and the suffix -llinen forms a noun meaning “one who has/holds that.” Thus tilallinen denotes a farm holder or tenant farmer; tilalliset is the nominative plural, and tilallisista means “from the tenants” or “of the tenants” in the elative plural.

Historical context: In rural Finland from the early modern period to the 19th century, tilalliset were a recognized social group on large estates. They could lease a farm or be long-term tenants who paid rents and fulfilled obligations to the landowner. The term is sometimes used to distinguish tilalliset from other rural groups such as torpparit (smallholder tenants) or wealthier farmers, depending on the specific historical era and region.

Modern usage: The term tilallinen is now largely archaic in everyday language and appears mainly in historical, genealogical, or academic texts. In contemporary Finnish, more common expressions for similar arrangements include vuokralainen (tenant) or tilan haltija (estate holder), depending on the exact relationship.

Grammatical note: tilallisista is the elative plural form of tilallinen, used to mean “from the tenants” or “of the tenants” in a sentence. It can appear in historical narratives to reference groups composed of tilalliset or to discuss conditions tied to tenants.